2023-08-29 18:45:23
While a new FIFA date approaches, the MLS calendar remains standing, as it is well known that the American league is one of those that does not stop internationally while the national team games are taking place.
However, the presence of Lionel Messi in Inter Miami has led Major League Soccer to consider the idea of carrying out a break when these FIFA Dates take place so as not to be affected by the absence of the Argentine star.
This Tuesday in the mixed zone, the Argentine coach Gerardo el Tata Martino asserted that he is aware that from 2024 the league will stop to allow the Argentine star and other players called up with their teams to attend their calls without affecting their respective clubs.
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“I understand that for the following year they are analyzing it and it is likely that this will happen (stop MLS during FIFA dates),” Martino explained.
For now, Inter Miami will still have the presence of Messi for the next two league matches, however, it is expected that for the duels of the FIFA date, the Argentine star and other soccer players summoned by Inter Miami will lose the activity, compromising thus the fight for playoff positions.
It should be noted that Inter Miami is still in the last positions of the Eastern Conference and is 9 points away from Chicago Fire, the team that currently occupies the last ticket to the playoffs.
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In the absence of Lionel Messi, who will surely be called up by Argentina for the start of the South American qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, Inter Miami already seems committed to their commitments in MLS, however, other players who have been key players in the last games will not be present either.
Among these footballers that coach Gerardo el Tata Martino will not count on are DeAndre Yedlin and Drake Callender (USA), Kryvstov (Ukraine), Miller (Canada), Ruiz (Honduras) Azcona (Dominican Republic), Leonardo Campana (Ecuador) and Taylor (Finland), in addition to the possible call-up of Cremaschi with the USMNT.
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