There’s formally one other Messi at Inter Miami. Lionel Messi’s oldest son, Thiago, has joined Inter Miami’s U-12 staff for the 2023-24 academy season, the membership introduced Friday. The ten-year-old is one in every of 150 gamers who will compete for Miami’s totally different youth groups this season and one in every of 35 newcomers to the membership’s academy program.
Miami’s U-12 staff will compete within the Florida League Academy this season, whereas older groups will play in MLS Subsequent leagues. The U-19 staff, in the meantime, will participate within the United Premier Soccer League.
Thiago Messi was unattached to a membership earlier than becoming a member of Miami’s academy, however he is already been spotted playing after the senior staff’s Leagues Cup victory over Atlanta United final month.
He isn’t the primary youngster of a well-known soccer participant to hitch Miami’s ranks. Proprietor David Beckham’s son Romeo used to occupy a spot on the staff’s roster earlier than leaving for Brentford B in January, whereas former head coach Phil Neville’s son Harvey continues to be underneath contract however is at the moment on mortgage at USL Championship facet Loudoun United.