The surprising former goalkeeper: "MLS grew regardless of Messi" | Israel today. Brad Friedel, who stood between the bars of the United States team, claims that the arrival of the Argentine star at Inter Miami only accelerated existing processes.

Friedel later complimented the world champion: "Despite what I said, once he signed suddenly you would see his jerseys everywhere, tickets to Miami games sold for a lot of money, and the truth is, people in Miami didn't know they had a football team until he underwriter"