The Big Thing: Messi Mania and how it is changing MLS
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🗓️ 25 August 2023
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
The Big Thing makes its triumphant return to the feed! You may have noticed that Lionel Messi has arrived in the US, and is doing quite well! In this episode, the TSS gang look at his impact so far, the potential he brings to the league, and the legacy that he could leave behind...
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| 0:28.5 | Thank you. Welcome to the Big Thing on Total Soccer Show. It's back, baby. This is our weekly deep dive into one of the meatiest topics in the beautiful game. And today, we're focusing our attention on Leonel Andre Messi. If you haven't heard the news, the man who might be the greatest player of all time has arrived in Florida. And after scoring 10 |
| 1:12.1 | goals in seven games in the league's cup, he now fulfills the destiny. We all knew he would |
| 1:16.7 | by earning a place in the US Open Cup final. Yes, he is the US Open Cup Prince that was |
| 1:22.0 | promised everybody. Good news. He's made it. The Argentine will make his major league soccer |
| 1:26.8 | debut proper this coming |
| 1:28.1 | weekend where he'll be tasked with lifting into Miami from the very bottom of the Eastern |
| 1:32.9 | Conference. On this show, we're looking at Messi's impact so far, the changes he's brought |
| 1:37.9 | on and off the field and the change his arrival may bring to the sport in North America. |
| 1:43.0 | My name's Ryan Bailey, joining me today wearing his number 10 shirt in pink and black. |
| 1:48.3 | Is that right, Taylor? Taylor Rockwell, hello. |
| 1:50.9 | I haven't been sent that yet. I'm still waiting for that to arrive. |
| 1:54.0 | But when it does, I will definitely wear it because I love me a pink jersey, and I'm excited to get to talk about Little Messi. |
| 1:59.4 | As am I. Can I just say I'm going |
| 2:01.5 | to interject already? I'm in the southwest of England in Cornwall like the very, where the |
| 2:06.7 | pirates came from, the very tip of England. The Florida of England. You're quite right. |
| 2:12.1 | And yesterday on my travels, I saw two children in Messi into Miami jerseys and a Saudi Ronaldo shirt within the |
| 2:20.7 | same vicinity. What are the charts, huh? Huh? Crazy. Genuinely, you saw two to enter Miami shirts? |
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