To this point in Lionel Messi’s MLS tenure, the chaos that swirled around him and Inter Miami had largely been a well-choreographed ballet of celebrity and security. But this was different. This time, Messi and co. took their show on the road.
. At one point Taylor, who not long ago was a semi-anonymous MLS player, was mobbed by 15 fans in a coffee shop in the lobby and patiently took pictures with all of them.
“There’s obviously a lot more excitement, more security,” Yedlin said on Sunday night. “People are really engaged now. Which is great. It’s great for our team, it’s great for the league. It’s great just that there are a lot of eyes on MLS now. It’s all positive. … Being over in Europe it’s quite similar. It’s not oftentimes you can leave the hotel when you’re playing over in Europe, and if you do usually you’re with some sort of security, so it’s quite similar here.
Typically, visiting teams at FC Dallas arrive on the south end of the stadium and walk into the facilities from a gate just outside. Even in the soaring temperatures, dozens of fans waited outside that gate waiting for the bus and hoping for a chance to see Messi. But security had scouted out a better option.
The plan was to open the gates at 7 p.m., but MLS asked FC Dallas to keep the gates closed until Messi and Miami were in the locker rooms. At 7:15 p.m., fans started streaming into their seats. A statement was put out on the Toyota Stadium Twitter account: “We apologize for the delay guests are experiencing entering Toyota Stadium. Per MLS’ request, we were required to delay opening Toyota Stadium gates until all visiting players had arrived.
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