Inter Miami will make its debut in the FIFA Club World Cup versus Egypt's Al Ahly on Saturday, but their star Lionel Messi brings plenty of experience.

FIFA said the Club World Cup, billed as "The Best v The Best," would be merit-based. Then it gave a spot to Messi's Inter Miami before the playoffs even began.

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Seattle, Miami and Los Angeles FC are the only MLS clubs playing in the Club World Cup. Miami qualified as the 2024 Supporters’ Shield winners, and LAFC won a play-in match May 31.

He helped the team win its first trophy by scoring 34 goals during the 2019 season, en route to lifting the Supporters’ Shield and setting the MLS single-season record.

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After the match, which ended in a 3-3 draw, Acosta fired back at Cincinnati supporters. "The fans need to be more grateful with me. They boo me, but I don't deserve that," he said following the match.

Since Messi came to MLS in 2023, he has been available to play in three of four meetings between Philadelphia and Inter Miami. In those games, he has scored four goals and added an assist.

In 2019 and 2022, they captured the MLS Supporters’ Shield, the trophy awarded to the team with the best regular-season record. They also won the MLS Cup in 2022 as the league’s play-off champion.

They’re unbeaten in six MLS contests (5-0-1) and on an eight-match unbeaten streak overall. “The team’s in a good run,” midfielder Quinn Sullivan said Wednesday. “We’re working together.

Toronto made the MLS Cup final in 2016, '17 and '19, lifting the trophy in 2017 when it also won the Canadian Championship and Supporters' Shield, which goes to the team with the best regular ...