Will Lionel Messi play against the Revolution on Wednesday?

At minimal, Lionel Messi will probably be in Foxborough.

His Inter Miami posted video on social media Tuesday afternoon of the 38-year-old icon and teammate Luis Suárez (amongst others) boarding the crew’s constitution aircraft for its flight to New England.

Thus passes the primary hurdle to the eight-time Ballon d’Or winner because the world’s greatest participant showing towards the Revolution on Wednesday evening at Gillette Stadium. With no reported accidents and a gametime temperature forecast to be a nice 71 levels, it seems solely workload concerns or some X-factor may hold him off the enjoying subject.

Tickets stay accessible for the match, with kickoff scheduled for 7:30 p.m. and beginning lineups usually introduced about an hour earlier than.

Last April 27, Messi scored twice and had an help in a 4-1 Inter Miami win in entrance of 65,612 followers at Gillette. This 12 months’s crowd will fall wanting that Revolution franchise document; possible as a result of decrease demand this season, the crew solely put upper-deck tickets on the market on the western facet of the stadium.

Messi performed the total 90 minutes for Miami on Saturday in Montreal, scoring twice and including an help in his 14th MLS recreation this season. It was a part of a 15-day stretch wherein the Herons will play 5 occasions, together with in Nashville on Saturday.

After Miami’s exit from the Membership World Cup on June 29, Messi provided what quantities to a speculative clue about his mindset of eager to play everything of Miami’s league slate.

“Now it’s time to give attention to the subsequent spherical [in] MLS,” he wrote on social media, “and in all the things that’s to come back.”

Inter Miami exited the match after being walloped by European champions Paris Saint-Germain, 4-0, which gave Messi 5 full days of relaxation earlier than the Montreal recreation. Inter Miami (9-3-5, 32 factors) sits sixth within the Jap Convention, safely within the playoff locations.

The Revolution (6-7-6, 24 factors), winless of their final 4, are eleventh.

Inter Miami has performed 29 aggressive matches this 12 months, although solely 17 in league — a number of fewer than all however one different crew — as a result of its participation within the CONCACAF Champions Cup and Membership World Cup. The crew performed in 4 CWC matches in June, with the match in Montreal its first within the league since Could 31.

Messi was named MLS Participant of the Matchday for his Montreal efficiency, his third such honor this season. He’s tied for third for objectives contributions (objectives plus assists) and leads the league with 0.86 objectives per recreation.

MLS attendance jumped 5 p.c final season, Messi’s first full season within the league.

The Revolution deliberate forward for Messi.

A particular occasion prepare to Foxboro Station will depart from South Station at 5:25 p.m. on Wednesday, with stops at Again Bay and Dedham Company Heart. The return prepare departs half-hour after the match. Spherical-trip tickets for $20 can be found on the mTicket app.

Parking heaps will open early at 3:30 p.m, with stadium gates opening two hours later. Heat-ups are scheduled to start round 6:40.