Inter Miami vs. Cavalier FC live updates: How to watch Messi in Concacaf Champions Cup
Inter Miami vs. Cavalier FC live updates: How to watch Messi in Concacaf Champions Cup
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Will Lionel Messi play as Inter Miami returns to action in the Concacaf Champions Cup tournament tonight?
Messi's playing status is a topic of discussion as Inter Miami hosts Jamaican Premier League champions Cavalier FC on Thursday night at 8 p.m. inside Chase Stadium.
Here's what we know: Inter Miami coach Javier Mascherano said Messi is healthy and practiced with his teammates, but did not divulge whether Messi would play. Messi's status is essentially 'the same as the rest of the players.'
'We'll see,' Mascherano said of Messi on Wednesday. 'He's in good health, but we'll see what's good for us.'
What's good for Inter Miami is obviously Messi returning to action after he did not travel for last Sunday's match against the Houston Dynamo. Inter Miami opted to rest Messi because of the congested start of the year where he predominately played in three matches during a six-day stretch from Feb. 19-26.
If Messi plays Thursday night, it will be his first match in nine days. However, it also begins another stretch of three matches in a week for Inter Miami. On Sunday, Inter Miami hosts Charlotte FC in an MLS regular-season match. Next Thursday, Inter Miami will complete its round-of-16 matchup with Cavalier FC at National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica — where Messi is expected to play his first match in the country in front of an already sold out crowd of 35,000 ticket buyers.
Stay tuned here as USA TODAY Sports provides live updates from tonight's match between Inter Miami and Cavalier FC.
Messi's status will be confirmed when Inter Miami announces its starting lineup, about an hour before the game begins.
The match begins at 8 p.m. ET (9 p.m. in Argentina).
The match will be available to watch on FS2 in English and ViX in Spanish.
What to know about Cavalier FC?
Cavalier FC is playing in the Champions Cup tournament for the second time in as many years. They qualified directly into the round of 16 by winning the Concacaf Caribbean Cup in December.
The matchup against Inter Miami will be the second time Cavalier has faced MLS competition. Cavalier lost to FC Cincinnati by scores of 2-0 and 4-0 in the first round last year.
Cavalier FC coach and sporting director Rudolph Speid said Wednesday: 'We're really looking forward to doing well. I think it will inspire a generation of players in Jamaica itself, just because of what will happen. We'll play them here. Everybody will be watching on TV. And, also in the return leg where we expect a packed stadium, and everybody just talking about the game. That inspiration is much more for the country than just our team.'
Messi could play in the following six matches with Inter Miami and the Argentina national team later this month:
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