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oops yeah thats what i meant, 1+5 a pretty good game huh

even with the copa this year, messi should take a good run at that assist record

solid attacking team

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05-05-2024 , 10:34 PM

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It was a weekend where the team was celebrating their 50th anniversary as a club, and their Saturday match against Austin FC brought out fans in droves. A total of 32,465 fans packed BC Place to see their team play to a 0-0 draw. That is the most fans to ever attend a Whitecaps game in their MLS era.

[...] Sartini went on to say that this won’t be a longstanding record for the Whitecaps as a much larger crowd is expected to pack the stadium in about two weeks when Lionel Messi and Inter Miami CF come to the city for the first and only time this season on May 25.

lol yeah kind of funny to set a new record and then smash it again in 3 weeks. not sure what the max capacity is these days but i guess we're about to find out. should be 50-60k

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05-07-2024 , 09:54 AM

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What do you mean by another 5 assist game, has someone done it before? Vanzeir had 4 assists earlier in a game, and we were wondering if that would tie a record? Anyway, Messi has now blown past that with the 5 assist game (against Vanzeir no less) and even added a goal along with 5 assists. His overall #s are just silly:

8 matches (7 starts), 10 goals, 12 assists

He's had multiple goal contributions in all matches except 1 (only 1 goal in that 1) and he's had at least a goal and an assist in 6 of 8 matches. He also has an ongoing streak of at least 3! goal contributions in 3 straight matches.

He's already missed 4 matches though and they might start to rest him even more before the playoffs. The goals record for a season is 34 by Vela. That's probably out of reach, b/c Messi likes to set up others, but the assist record is 26 (by Valderrama in 2000), and that's a possibility. That's a record that's seemingly been out of reach as the next best tally is 20 assists, but if Messi gets close, I'm sure he could focus on setting up teammates more and break it.

Guy is pretty good

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05-07-2024 , 04:06 PM

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Would you put him up there with MLS legends like Zardes and Wondo?

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05-07-2024 , 08:34 PM

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Would you put him up there with MLS legends like Zardes and Wondo?

messi needs a bigger body of MLS work to be mentioned in the same breath as those two

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05-11-2024 , 08:13 PM

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~30th minute: montreal 2 - 0 messi

imfc also had a good pk shout just before the 2nd goal but the ref declined to even look at it, lol pretty shocked over here

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05-11-2024 , 08:24 PM

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rojas ghana messi, 2-1

edit: now 2-2 lol

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05-12-2024 , 07:58 AM

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Hot start to the season for Montreal, but now everyone's injured and they suck again.

3 Miami goals and Messi without a single scorepoint might be a first.

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05-15-2024 , 11:19 PM

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that 2nd quakes goal is legitimately one of the most embarrassing goals I've ever seen conceeded.

timbers really need to be disbanded immediately after that.

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05-19-2024 , 12:49 AM

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wonder how much that ref had bet on vancouver

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05-19-2024 , 01:11 AM

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i mean that was a pk at the end, but yeah overall they seemed to get more decisions than normal. or perhaps he was just letting them play because it's technically a derby