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Inter Miami's Lionel Messi has a strained near hamstring, an wounded that could telephone into immoderate uncertainty his availability for the reigning MLS Cup champions' regular-season opener astatine LAFC connected Feb. 21.
The squad announced the wounded connected Wednesday (February 11, 2026).
Messi, MLS' back-to-back reigning MVP, scored a extremity successful a preseason crippled successful Ecuador past play but was subbed retired astir 12 minutes into the 2nd fractional — presumably due to the fact that of the hamstring issue.
"His gradual instrumentality to grooming volition beryllium connected his objective and functional advancement successful the coming days," Inter Miami said successful a statement.
The wounded besides means that what was expected to beryllium Inter Miami's preseason finale volition present beryllium played astir a week aft its MLS opener. Inter Miami volition look Ecuadorian nine Independiente del Valle astatine Bayamon, Puerto Rico connected Feb. 26, with an unfastened signifier scheduled arsenic portion of that travel arsenic well.
