FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The show that was supposed to be Lionel Messi's became a showcase for one of Major League Soccer's other hottest teams.
, something related to"scar tissue" and"fatigue." Still, many of the 20,000 who descended on Fort Lauderdale, who queued outside stadium gates hours before kickoff, expected him to have a go at a second American trophy. Even Houston Dynamo head coach Ben Olsen did."We're pretty sure he'll play," Olsen said Monday.
When lineups were released and word spread slowly, via smartphones, through a buzzing concourse, the mood seemed to dampen. Both wore Messi jerseys. So did thousands of others inside the ground, where a variety of similar interactions surely occurred. Fears over Messi’s fitness had clouded the buildup to the final. The conventional wisdom, though, was that Messi would at least come on as a substitute, if needed in the second half.
Many of the 20,000 eventually turned their attention to the game, and turned DRV PNK Stadium into a cauldron. But some still sought out Messi from afar, and whipped out camera phones to take his picture from a distance.
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