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FC Cincinnati midfielder Luciano Acosta has revealed his interest in playing for the U.S. men’s national team.

In an interview for Area Sports Network, the Argentinian discussed his journey to U.S. citizenship and how that could potentially open up the possibility of representing the United States through the men’s national team. Acosta would be very happy to play for the USMNT.

Luciano Acosta wants to play for the USMNT through naturalization

Lionel Messi had an MLS-record six goal contributions, Luis Suarez scored three times and Matias Rojas recorded a brace as Inter Miami thumped the New York Red Bulls 6-2 on Saturday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Messi, who was named MLS Player of the Month for the month of April, scored once and added five assists as Miami (7-2-3, 24 points) extended its unbeaten streak to six matches and improved to 6-0-2 in league matches in which Messi has appeared in.

A wild story is coming out of Major League Soccer involving FC Cincinnati forward Aaron Boupendza. The 27-year-old is expected to miss over a month due to jaw surgery following a fight at a bar.

According to Tom Bogert and Pablo Maurer of The Athletic, Boupendza got into a scrap outside of a bar early Monday night with professional boxer Quashawn Toler.

Hirving Lozano could be SDFC’s first big signing.

'Chucky' Lozano San Diego FC rumor

According to multiple reports, Mexican national team player Hirving Lozano is in advanced talks to sign with new MLS expansion team San Diego FC for their inaugural 2025 MLS Season.

The club would be paying Lozano's current team PSV Eindhoven around $12 million to acquire the forward in the next transfer window. ‘Chucky’ would become SDFC’s first designated player.

Lionel Messi's brace led Inter Miami to a 4-1 victory over the New England Revolution in Foxboro, Mass., on Saturday night.

6️⃣5️⃣,6️⃣1️⃣2️⃣

Largest crowd in @NERevolution history. pic.twitter.com/N7Eojv2gQW

— Major League Soccer (@MLS) April 28, 2024

Inter Miami’s 3-2 victory against Sporting KC on Saturday was a special night for Major League Soccer as 72,610 fans packed Arrowhead Stadium for the occasion. An amazing Lionel Messi goal vs Sporting KC was worth the price of admission.

With the scored tied at 1-1 early in the second half the man responsible for the game being moved from Children’s Mercy Park to the grander NFL stadium scored an incredible goal from distance.

You just can’t give Messi this amount of time and space.

Messi goal vs Sporting KC

Colorado Rapids defender Moïse Bombito is one of the fastest soccer players in the world. The 24-year-old Canadian international posted an insane top speed of 23.16 miles per hour during the Rapids’ 2-2 draw vs. Inter Miami on Saturday.

The Rapids posted several clips of their speedster with Major League Soccer confirming Bombito’s top speed.

Columbus goalie Patrick Schulte saved the first two attempts in a penalty shootout as the Crew advanced past Tigres UANL on Tuesday in the quarterfinals of the Concacaf Champions Cup at San Nicolas de los Garza, Mexico.

Tigres grabbed an early lead on a goal from Gignac in the third minute. Schulte got caught in possession inside his own 6-yard box, and Gignac tapped the ball into the vacated goal.

Tigres take the lead over Columbus early pic.twitter.com/8vv57PwSgi

LA Galaxy fans are not happy with the turnout of this weekend’s 'El Tráfico' result against LAFC and are blaming their loss on VAR’s poor decision to call a penalty.

LAFC defeated the Galaxy in yet another exciting edition of the Los Angeles derby on Saturday. The match held at BMO Stadium saw both squads go back and forth, with constant chances for both in the attack that resulted in a tight 2-1 victory for The Falcons at their home turf.