Messi Grieves Father as Miami Exits Leagues Cup
Lionel Messi mourns his father Jorge Messi, who died at 68 after a prolonged illness in Rosario, with heartfelt messages detailing how his father's encouragement to play in the 2026 World Cup fueled his drive and how he struggled to come to terms with the loss. Across tributes from family and clubs, Messi's posts reveal the deep emotional impact of the death, his wish for his father to have seen him at the World Cup, and the heartbreak of the final where his late father would have watched him play.
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About Leagues Cup
The Leagues Cup is an annual soccer competition between clubs from Major League Soccer (MLS), the main soccer league in the United States and Canada, and Liga MX, the main soccer league in Mexico. It is mainly hosted in Canada and the United States. It began in July 2019 with four teams from both leagues participating. The first edition was a single-elimination tournament hosted in the United States with a final played in Whitney, Nevada, near Las Vegas, on September 18, 2019.
Everything about Leagues Cup →- Country
- United States, Mexico
- Inception
- 2019
- Website
- https://www.leaguescup.com/