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A City Commission vote on Thursday would dramatically scale back the number of community soccer fields at Miami Freedom Park, codifying a smaller minimum than what voters were promised when the project won approval in 2018.

Lionel Messi has become the first back-to-back MVP in Major League Soccer history. The 38-year-old Argentine star was announced Tuesday as this year's winner of the league's top individual honor. This achievement adds to Messi's long list of career accomplishments.

Thomas Müller has often enjoyed the upper hand in his longtime rivalry with Lionel Messi. But on Saturday, in the latest marquee showdown between the two stars, it was Messi's turn.

The deal was announced Thursday, a day before Inter Miami's playoff opener against Nashville. Messi's presence is expected to boost ticket sales as the club prepares for the move into the stadium near Miami International Airport.

Lionel Messi and Inter Miami are reviewing the final details of a contract extension to keep him with the club until at least 2026, a person with knowledge of the matter tells The Associated Press.

South Florida will host eight high-stakes matches at this summer's FIFA Club World Cup, featuring iconic teams like Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Boca Juniors — as well as Inter Miami — as they fight it out to be crowned the world's best soccer club.

Ex-Miami city commissioner Ken Russell has threatened to recall his former colleagues after they decided that money from the owners of pro soccer club Inter Miami that was intended for building new city parks will now be used exclusively for their own park. The investment had been part of the voter-approved deal to take over public land for their Freedom Park stadium project.

Lionel Messi is the MVP of Major League Soccer for 2024. The award comes after a season where he missed 15 of Inter Miami’s 34 regular-season matches with injuries or commitments to Argentina’s national team.

Lionel Messi and Javier Mascherano are together again, this time with Inter Miami. The former Barcelona and Argentina teammates have reunited, with Inter Miami announcing Tuesday that Mascherano’s hiring as the club’s new coach is complete.

Inter Miami, which set the MLS records for most points and best winning percentage in the regular season, gets a big challenge right out of the gate in the playoffs by facing Atlanta in a best-of-three Eastern Conference first-round series.

Lionel Messi’s first MLS Cup playoff match with Inter Miami will be on Oct. 25. And it’ll be aired live on a massive screen spanning an entire block of New York’s Times Square.

Inter Miami says it will not open a long-awaited new stadium near Miami International Airport until 2026. Jorge Mas, one of the team’s owners, previously told multiple outlets that he was targeting a 2025 opening for the stadium.