There will be a time, said Lionel Messi’s friend and former Argentina team-mate Sergio Agüero, when football (soccer) in the United States will be divided into two periods: Before Messi and After Messi.

They can only go back to the drawing board so many times. At some point, the only way to change the culture is to change the coach. And the current coach, Mike McDaniel, wishes he’d known that last year’s effort to make things different, and in turn better, wasn’t working.

The Miami Hurricanes stayed in-house to fill their top strength and coordinator job, promoting Ervin Young to the position vacated by Aaron Feld’s recent resignation.

The Hurricanes are coming off an encouraging third season under Mario Cristobal and are continuing to rack up recruiting wins

Just five years after their Major League Soccer (MLS) debut, the David Beckham-backed side, now led by Lionel Messi, will take center stage in a tournament featuring 32 of the world's best clubs.