Futbol Americas: Messi Sets Records Everywhere

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🗓️ 22 April 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Cristina Alexander, Herculez Gomez, and Shaka Hislop discuss the questions being raised about Columbus Crew hosting Lionel Messi and Inter Miami in Cleveland, Ohio rather than their home stadium. Then, discussion on Kevin De Bruyne's potentially moving to the MLS and reaction to recent comments made by Lionel Messi on the Mexico-Argentina feud. Plus, Antonio Valle joins the show to preview the LIGA MX playoffs with Chivas failing to make the play-in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's going on, everyone?
0:10.6	Welcome to a brand new edition of Football America.
0:13.6	It's just another manic Monday here for us.
0:16.2	Shaka Hizlop, Hercules Gomez.
0:18.1	The shirt says everything about how we're feeling about certain things.
0:22.9	Yeah, pow, right in the kisser.
0:24.7	That was at least the feeling around the announcement of Steve Toronto, who at the end of the
0:29.0	season will no longer be with L.AFC.
0:31.1	We'll break it down a little bit.
0:32.2	Jeff Carlisle will be joining the show to talk a little bit more about that.
0:35.9	And of course, Lionel Messi had some interesting words for the Mexican fan base,
0:40.8	Tonyo Baye, with us later in the show to react and to really have a feeling of what the Mexican fans are saying about this situation.
0:49.4	But first, we're still going to talk about Lionel Messi starting off the show.
0:53.7	Yes, why not?
0:55.1	Cleveland!
0:56.1	This is for you!
0:57.4	Columbus Crew set their single game record for a home game
1:00.6	in the largest non-NFL event in stadium history after drawing 60,614 fans in their 1-0 loss to Leonel Messi in inner Miami.
1:10.5	The game was moved to the NFL's Cleveland Brown's home
1:13.1	in order to adjust to the demand of Messi's presence.
1:15.6	This is the ninth time that Messi has drawn a road crowd
1:19.6	of at least 60,000 fans since his arrival
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