VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Lionel Messi will not play in Inter Miami's match in Vancouver against the Whitecaps on Saturday, a move coach Gerardo Martino said was based on the team's crowded upcoming schedule. Messi and teammates Luis Suarez and Sergio Busquets will not play for Major League Soccer-leading Miami (9-2-4) in the match that was expected to draw more than 50,000. Miami has two home games scheduled next week. “We thought it was the most prudent for them not to play this match
TORONTO — After scoring a club- and tournament-record eight goals in a lopsided Canadian Championship win Tuesday over semi-pro CS Saint-Laurent, Toronto FC steps up in class Saturday when FC Cincinnati comes to BMO Field.
Trinidad and Tobago coach Angus Eve has called Toronto FC rookie wingback Tyrese Spicer and five Canadian Premier League players into his 39-man provisional squad for two upcoming World Cup qualifiers. Trinidad, ranked 98th in the world, hosts No. 174 Grenada on June 5 and the 200th-ranked Bahamas on June 8 in St Kitts and Nevis. The CPL players called in are Malcolm Shaw from Cavalry FC, Reon Moore and Steffen Yeates from Pacific FC and Andre Rampersad and Ryan Telfer from Halifax Wanderers. Th
The trio are expected to play when the team returns home for two matches next week ahead of the international break.