In the US, rugby and specifically the NFL always attract a stable audience and always rank above football in popularity. But now everything is changing so quickly because of the presence of Lionel Messi .

Accordingly, the match between Inter Miami and Los Angeles FC this weekend within the MLS framework has a price of up to 789 USD and will certainly increase even more in the future.
Messi alone helps football 'displace' rugby in the US 320126Messi has made the American people “fever” about football. Source: Getty
To make it easier to imagine, let’s also compare ticket prices with two Los Angeles football teams currently playing in the NFL. Fans will spend $775 to watch a match featuring the famous American football team LA Rams. To watch the LA Chargers play, fans will have to spend up to 823 dollars… just to watch this team’s entire season.

That means that football in the US is currently causing an extremely terrible fever, and the skyrocketing ticket prices reflect that the number of people interested in the king sport in the US is growing day by day. than. Perhaps it will be a long time before Americans love football so much again.

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Messi scored again in the recent match against New York Red Bull. Source: Getty
Regarding Messi personally, of course the Argentinian superstar does not disappoint the fans who have made the effort to come see him play. Inter Miami, after their victory over New York Red Bull last weekend, extended their unbeaten streak to 9. The Florida team also got their first title in history and will aim for that number. to 2 at the end of September in the 2023 US Open final.

In the immediate future, fans will focus their attention on the MLS match when Messi’s Inter Miami clashes with the team ranked 2nd in the Western rankings, Los Angeles FC. This is a team with two notable factors: Carlos Vela and Giorgio Chiellini, so the next match will be highly anticipated.