Washington Post · Aug 16, 2023
Lionel Messi mania rolls on as Inter Miami keeps dominating
Lionel Messi scored his ninth goal in six matches with Inter Miami during a 4-1 win at the Philadelphia Union in a Leagues Cup semifinal Tuesday night. (Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images)Comment on this storyCHESTER, Pa. — For many fans arriving at Subaru Park via Interstate 95 on Tuesday night, swirling down the ramp that peeks into the riverside stadium, the first vendors they came across were hawking jerseys not for the Philadelphia Union, the reigning Eastern Conference champion that calls this industrial suburb home, but Inter Miami, the 2020 MLS expansion team that sits last in the 29-team circuit.
Such is Lionel Messi mania, even during an away game.