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Tens of thousands of fans came to Soldier Field on Wednesday night in Chicago to watch Lionel Messi, many paying hundreds or thousands of dollars to see the Argentine legend in person.They arrived to discover that Messi remained back in Fort Lauderdale with an injury that has now kept him out four consecutive games. The Argentine’s absence made the sold-out crowd even more of a microcosm of the quandary Major League Soccer faces with Messi filling stadiums across the league.How do you convert Messi fans into Chicago Fire — or MLS — fans?The Fire did the best they could with the moment,…

The October USMNT roster is out and ASN’s Brian Sciaretta offers up some thoughts on it BY Brian Sciaretta Posted October 05, 2023 12:00 PM SHARE THIS STORY UNITED STATES national team head coach Gregg Berhalter names a 23-man roster on Thursday for the team’s upcoming friendlies against Germany on Saturday, Oct. 14 in East Hartford, Conn. and then against Ghana on Tuesday Oct. 17 in Nashville, TN. The roster contains mostly very familiar faces as 19 of the 23 players were part of the team’s September camp. One of the four players who was not part of the team…