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From three fans outside hotel to 500! What it is like to work with Lionel Messi in MLS at Inter Miami – as told by USMNT star and former Herons defender DeAndre Yedlin

<p>A surge in interest was sparked when eight-time Ballon d’Or winner <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/secret-meetings-10-year-project-how-david-beckham-signed-lionel-messi-inter-miami-co-owner/bltcc28a521e2bdff22 " target="_blank">Messi completed a move to the United States</a> in 2023. Manchester United legend <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/david-beckham-explains-why-inter-miami-signed-lionel-messi-transfer-million-messages/blt2b5678fd0dc2cb12 " target="_blank">David Beckham, who is now a co-owner in Florida, helped to put that deal in place</a>.</p><div class="affiliate-button-container theme-1" data-name="Apple TV"><div class="affiliate-button"><img class="logo" height="40" width="72" src="https://eu-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltcc7a7ffd2fbf71f5/blt2de198b67da95a2e/65709d2436cf7d0407034ef9/Apple_TV.png" style="width: 72px; height: 40px;"><span class="affiliate-text">Get the MLS Season Pass today!</span></div><a href="https://tv.apple.com/channel/tvs.sbd.7000?itsct=goal_mls&amp;itscg=30200&amp;at=1010l39UY" class="affiliate-button-link" target="_blank">Stream games now</a></div>

WHAT HAPPENED?

<p>Messi has become the star attraction in MLS, with <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/like-seeing-michael-jordan-greatest-why-tickets-lionel-messi-show-inter-miami-remain-expensive/blt630bce8421fa19c0" target="_blank">ticket prices soaring wherever he goes</a>, and he has been delivering on the field when fit – with <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/lionel-messi-mls-mvp-only-clown-disagree-ex-usmnt-star-taylor-twellman-inter-miami-superstar-rewriting-history/blt39d8b7dfad9797ba" target="_blank">MVP talk generated in 2024</a> prior to heading off on Copa America duty. <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/what-like-train-lionel-messi-goat-five-six-steps-ahead-inter-miami-youngster-ryan-carmichael-explains-surreal-experience/blt72aa66f1e648b4de" target="_blank">Playing alongside the all-time great can take some getting used to</a> for his team-mates.</p>

THE BIGGER PICTURE

<p>Yedlin admits as much, despite his experiences in Europe with the likes of Newcastle and Galatasaray, with the USMNT defender telling FC Cincinnati's <a href="https://www.fccincinnati.com/news/deandre-yedlin-reflects-cincinnati-was-the-perfect-move-for-me-in-build-up-to-match-with-former-club " target="_blank"><em>official website</em></a> on the back of <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/has-lionel-messi-debut-season-inter-miami-been-success-usmnt-deandre-yedlin-explains-why-isnt-historic-leagues-cup/blt1e780c48e13f20ed" target="_blank">bidding farewell to Miami in March</a>: “I can’t say that I had ever been a part of anything like that. I think I had been a part of things closer to that than a lot of the guys there had, especially a lot of the guys that haven’t left MLS and been in Europe. So I think that side of it, it was a little bit eye-opening for some guys at first. Where, you’re going from travelling and into a hotel where there’s maybe three people outside waiting to now 500 people. Even at away games, three-quarters of the crowd is wearing pink jerseys. It’s good, especially for those players and even for myself, to kind of see what comes with that level of attention.” </p>

WHAT YEDLIN SAID

<p>Messi has <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/argentina-player-ratings-canada-lionel-messi-copa-america/blt61e1ed92b22ebb2e" target="_blank">helped Argentina to another Copa America final</a>, meaning that he is unlikely to be back in Florida for a meeting with Toronto next Wednesday. He should, however, be <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/inter-miami-lionel-messi-luis-suarez-jordi-alba-run-three-straight-mls-wins-without-superstar-forwards/bltc4acf2b095dea23f" target="_blank">clear to figure in a home date with Chicago</a> on July 20.</p>

WHAT NEXT?

From three fans outside hotel to 500! What it is like to work with Lionel Messi in MLS at Inter Miami – as told by USMNT star and former Herons defender DeAndre Yedlin | Goal.com Kenya

DeAndre Yedlin has explained what it is like to work with Lionel Messi in MLS, with Inter Miami going from three fans outside their hotel to 500.