For many years, as Lionel Messi cleaned up at Barcelona, professional contrarians attempted to argue that the pint-sized Argentinian could never have repeated his feats on a cold night in Stoke.

Could Messi do it on a freezing cold night in Kansas? The definitive answer came Wednesday night: Yes. With his body sheathed in black, and hand-warmers in his gloves, and a minus-8-degree wind ...

The temperature didn’t stop more than 15,000 Sporting KC, Inter Miami, and most importantly, Lionel Messi fans, from having fun Wednesday night at Children’s Mercy Park. South Korea’s ...

Inter Miami forward Lionel Messi during player introductions at the ... even in frighteningly cold temps, to the Concacaf Champions Cup match of Sporting KC vs. Inter Miami CF on Wednesday ...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Lionel Messi scored from the right side of the box in the 56th minute to lift Inter Miami past Sporting Kansas City 1-0 on a bitterly cold Wednesday night in the first leg of ...

(AP) — Lionel Messi did what Lionel Messi does ... to lift Inter Miami past Sporting Kansas City 1-0 on a bitterly cold Wednesday night in the first leg of the CONCACAF Champions Cup’s ...