Will Lionel Messi finally make the U.S. a soccer nation?

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After a move to Inter Miami, the world’s biggest soccer star has more than a new team to take on — he’s being counted on to popularize Major League Soccer too.

Who is he? Some say he’s the GOAT, others the greatest soccer player of his generation. Perhaps most notoriously, he’s a recent World Cup champion. Lionel Messi is the 36-year-old Argentine soccer star that recently chose […]

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