Lionel Messi and Inter Miami will help Major League Soccer kick off its 29th season when they host Real Salt Lake on Wednesday night.
Inter Miami is coming off a rough preseason tour that took the club around the world, playing games in places such as Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong and Japan. The preseason performances left more to be desired, but now Tata Martino's squad finally gets to play a game that matters.
Real Salt Lake comes into the season having qualified for the playoffs in five of the last six seasons. Inter Miami, meanwhile, missed the playoffs last season and anything short of an MLS Cup title this year would be considered a disappointment.
The majority of the games during the opening week of MLS play take place on Saturday. The biggest is Los Angeles FC hosting the Seattle Sounders in a showdown of expected contenders for the Supporters' Shield and MLS Cup.
On Sunday, Messi and Inter Miami visit Southern California to take on the revamped Los Angeles Galaxy. Looking to steal some of the spotlight from Messi will be new Galaxy winger Gabriel Pec, who was acquired on the most expensive transfer fee in team history.
(All games available on MLS Season Pass on Apple TV.)
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Seattle Sounders at Los Angeles FC (Saturday, 4:30 p.m. ET on FOX/MLS Season Pass) — While hyped-up Inter Miami and its all-time great superstar, Lionel Messi, have two mildly intriguing matchups this week to open the 2024 MLS season, the best matchup of the weekend is taking place at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles. The Sounders and LAFC have combined to appear in six of the last eight MLS Cups, and should be among the top contenders again this season.
There also will be plenty of star power on display, with newcomers under the microscope early. While the Sounders made an offseason splash acquiring Pedro de la Vega — a 22-year-old attacking player from Argentina — LAFC brought in French World Cup-winning goalkeeper Hugo Lloris.
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