Messi mania comes to Chester; Philadelphia Union set to take on Inter Miami

Well, he is known as one of the greatest soccer players in the history of the sport and this week He will be taking his talents right here to Subaru Park. That's right Messi and Inter Miami will be facing our Philadelphia Union tomorrow in the League's Cup Semifinals and actually the Porter Maggie Kent live at Subaru Park tonight in Chester with all the excitement Ahead of the big match and Maggie if you have any extra tickets, you know, Kirsten I will gladly take them off your hand You know Rick if I did I think I might cash them in because they're going for a pretty penny right now hundreds and hundreds of dollars just to get in here at Subaru Park for Standing room only and it's all because of Lionel Messi one of the greatest players to ever do it It's now local fans chance to get in and see him out there on the field We just caught a glimpse Messi and Miami are at the Ritz this one is going to be the new railing banner Ryan Bronson's sewing machine is working overtime for the president of the Philadelphia Union supporters Club sons of Ben It's crunch time one day before the matchup Union against Inter Miami in the 2023 League's Cup Semi-final we're basically treating this like it's a MLS playoff game It's Bronson's job to make the team namely its fans look good hand stitching and painting larger-than-life banners Displaying Philly pride. There's just so many more eyes on on the league right now people are Watching Lee who have never watched the league before those new eyes are all searching out one superstar Lionel Messi the world famous World Cup champion arguably the best to ever do it now playing for Miami in the MLS someone in the Philadelphia region could be coming to the game because they know who Messi is and they just want to See like oh the greatest player of all time, but they might leave being more interested. Oh, maybe I should come to Union games Inter Miami is now 5-0 with Messi as captain Tickets to Tuesday's match sold out in less than eight minutes and they're soaring on the secondary market Bars are looking to cash in to Tuesday nights is usually not the best day, but it's gonna be this week for the game It will be an absolute experience no matter where you're watching it But if you're coming here to Subaru Park I can tell you the Union expects people to start tailgating rather early for this one They even have a live band coming out to entertain everyone ahead of of course what we're calling messy Media, we're live in Chester Maggie Kent channel 6 action news guys