{"id":287445,"date":"2023-09-04T06:34:23","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T06:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=287445"},"modified":"2023-09-04T06:34:23","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T06:34:23","slug":"lafc-co-owner-will-ferrell-says-hosting-lionel-messi-is-incomparable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/lafc-co-owner-will-ferrell-says-hosting-lionel-messi-is-incomparable\/","title":{"rendered":"LAFC co-owner Will Ferrell says hosting Lionel Messi is incomparable"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>LAFC co-owner Will Ferrell reveals he had people begging for tickets to see Lionel Messi in MAY, while actor Owen Wilson likens the World Cup winner to NBA legend Michael Jordan\u00a0<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Actor Will Ferrell&#8217;s LAFC side faced Lionel Messi and Inter Miami Sunday night\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>The Anchorman star joined Prince Harry, Owen Wilson and others in the stands<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>DailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports news<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Los Angeles FC co-owner Will Ferrell described hosting Lionel Messi as incomparable Sunday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ferrell&#8217;s reigning MLS Cup winners took on Inter Miami at home in MLS Sunday night, marking World Cup winner Messi&#8217;s first game in Hollywood since his blockbuster move to David Beckham&#8217;s team in mid-July.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Argentine has already had a massive impact, not only in Miami, but across the entire league, sending ticket prices rocketing with clamoring fans desperate to get a glimpse of him in action.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And Ferrell welcomed the effect the global superstar has had on soccer in the United States, revealing he had people begging for tickets months ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;There&#8217;s really nothing quite like it. I&#8217;ve had people reaching out to me back in May&#8230;This is so cool for MLS, this is so cool LAFC and the entire league, it&#8217;s great!,&#8217; Ferrell said on Apple TV&#8217;s pre-game broadcast.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/04\/03\/75026089-12477193-image-a-53_1693795273246.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles FC co-owner Will Ferrell described hosting Lionel Messi as incomparable<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/04\/03\/75026063-12477193-image-a-52_1693795238709.jpg\" height=\"416\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The World Cup winner and the Herons faced LAFC in MLS at BMO Stadium Sunday night\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/04\/03\/75025947-12477193-image-a-51_1693795081840.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Inter Miami has a famous owner of its own in David Beckham who attended Sunday&#8217;s game\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s a chance for the guys to really step up in this playoff atmosphere and kind of show he [Messi] may be one of the best players in the world but are we one of the best teams.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I would put money on the fact that the 3252 [LAFC Supporter&#8217;s section} are not going to let anyone with a pink jersey [Inter Miami] get too loud, they will control the tempo of what the atmosphere is like in this stadium.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;This is one of the coolest things I&#8217;ve been a part of [LAFC ownership], and I&#8217;ve been a part of a lot of special things &#8212; but this is special alone because as a a family we&#8217;ve gotten to share what this team has meant to MLS, what it has meant to the community here in LA and it&#8217;s a really point of pride.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>However, despite being grateful for Messi&#8217;s positive impact, Ferrell still didn&#8217;t entertain any possibility of the Herons beating his team, predicting a 3-2 result in favor of LAFC.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Miami has to lose at some point, it might as well be here,&#8217; he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ferrell, the star of recently-released movie Strays, also seized the chance to show off his championship ring, holding it up to the camera.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ferrell was just one of several celebrities in attendance at BMO Stadium Sunday night with Prince Harry headlining the famous faces.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/04\/03\/75025975-12477193-image-a-49_1693795072197.jpg\" height=\"358\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ferrell seized the chance to show off his championship ring after LAFC&#8217;s 2022 MLS Cup win\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/04\/03\/75025955-12477193-image-a-50_1693795077978.jpg\" height=\"354\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Actor and huge LAFC fan Owen Wilson also appeared on Apple TV&#8217;s pre-game broadcast<\/p>\n<p>Actor and huge LAFC fan Owen Wilson also appeared on the broadcast likening Messi to another sporting great.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I saw Michael Jordan one time and this is like the same thing,&#8217; Wilson said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hollywood A-listers Owen Wilson, Gerard Butler, Leonardo DiCaprio and Jason Sudeikis, who plays fictional soccer coach Ted Lasso, also soaked up the action.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, soccer royalty was joined by actual royalty as Prince Harry was spotted in the stands watching the global superstar in action.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12477193\/LAFC-Ferrell-Lionel-Messi-Owen-Wilson-Michael-Jordan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>LAFC co-owner Will Ferrell reveals he had people begging for tickets to see Lionel Messi in MAY, while actor Owen Wilson likens the World Cup <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/lafc-co-owner-will-ferrell-says-hosting-lionel-messi-is-incomparable\/\" title=\"LAFC co-owner Will Ferrell says hosting Lionel Messi is incomparable\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287444,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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