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.
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
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
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.
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
Inter Miami CF manager Gerardo "Tata" Martino defended the decision to rest Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez and Sergio Busquets for the game against the Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday at BC Place,
hope any whitecaps fans going to this didn't fork out a lot of money in advance for tix
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.