Inter Miami will head to Honduras as their preseason begins to come to a close facing Olimpia. While the Herons have played in five different countries so far, they've had a more condensed preseason than last season which saw them travelling around Asia before kicking off MLS play.

Messi gave the crowd a lasting memory, scoring a goal and delivering two assists to lead Miami to a 5-0 victory. The Argentine captain played 63 minutes and was replaced by 17-year-old Santi Morales. The other Inter Miami goals were scored by Fede Redondo, Noah Allen, Luis Suarez, and Ryan Sailor, who came off the bench in the 71 st minute.

Lionel Messi is expected to play as Inter Miami faces Sporting San Miguelito in Panama City, Panama at 5 p.m. ET. Here's what you need to know.

Never in his wildest dreams, when David Ruiz was a kid growing up in Little Havana playing youth soccer at Charles Hadley Park in Allapattah, did he imagine he would wind up as Lionel Messi’s teammate, playing a match at Estadio Olimpico in Honduras, birthplace of his parents and his entire extended family. On his 21 st birthday, no less.

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Reports of Lionel Messi’s son scoring 11 goals in Inter Miami’s 12-0 thrashing of Atlanta United in an MLS Next U-13 match spread like wildfire on social media, with many believing the performance to be the sign of a superstar in the making.

Lionel Messi has a big 2025 ahead with the FIFA Club World Cup and crucial derby games for Argentina against Brazil and Uruguay.