[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  GOLZ TV [@golz_tv](/creator/twitter/golz_tv) on x 1991 followers Created: 2025-07-25 23:53:31 UTC “Before Messi, people couldn’t care less who played in MLS!” Former New England Revolution coach and Scotland legend Stevie Nicol gets heated about Lionel Messi getting suspended for missing the All-Star game 😡 “You’re talking about a guy who’s taken MLS up another level by a mere fact that he plays in MLS,” Nicol began. “Before Messi, people couldn’t care less who played in MLS quite frankly.” “So to suspend a guy who’s done so much for your league, do you think for one second that Inter Miami would’ve been in the Club World Cup if Messi wasn’t playing? Not a chance.” “All Messi’s done is raise the profile of MLS. And they’ve turned around and suspended him for a game? If I’m Messi, I’m not lifting a finger to help MLS again.” “Forget it, I’m sorry. I think this is a joke. There’s always a circumstance where you have to make an exception, and the fact that they’ve not done it, I think it’s XXX% wrong.” “MLS changes rules everyday of the week to suit themselves. What annoys me is the hypocrisy.” “Don’t turn around and say it’s a long standing rule and there’s nothing we can do, because they do things for fun.” “There’s not another league in the world that changes rules to suit themselves more than MLS does.” Nicol coached New England Revolution for nine years from 2002 to 2011. As a player, he is a legend at Liverpool, where he won four league titles. He was also a part of Scotland’s 1986 World Cup squad. [via ESPNFC]  XXX engagements  **Related Topics** [new england revolution](/topic/new-england-revolution) [mls](/topic/mls) [lionel messi](/topic/lionel-messi) [Post Link](https://x.com/golz_tv/status/1948894411401629880)
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Created: 2025-07-25 23:53:31 UTC
“Before Messi, people couldn’t care less who played in MLS!”
Former New England Revolution coach and Scotland legend Stevie Nicol gets heated about Lionel Messi getting suspended for missing the All-Star game 😡
“You’re talking about a guy who’s taken MLS up another level by a mere fact that he plays in MLS,” Nicol began.
“Before Messi, people couldn’t care less who played in MLS quite frankly.”
“So to suspend a guy who’s done so much for your league, do you think for one second that Inter Miami would’ve been in the Club World Cup if Messi wasn’t playing? Not a chance.”
“All Messi’s done is raise the profile of MLS. And they’ve turned around and suspended him for a game? If I’m Messi, I’m not lifting a finger to help MLS again.”
“Forget it, I’m sorry. I think this is a joke. There’s always a circumstance where you have to make an exception, and the fact that they’ve not done it, I think it’s XXX% wrong.”
“MLS changes rules everyday of the week to suit themselves. What annoys me is the hypocrisy.”
“Don’t turn around and say it’s a long standing rule and there’s nothing we can do, because they do things for fun.”
“There’s not another league in the world that changes rules to suit themselves more than MLS does.”
Nicol coached New England Revolution for nine years from 2002 to 2011. As a player, he is a legend at Liverpool, where he won four league titles.
He was also a part of Scotland’s 1986 World Cup squad.
[via ESPNFC]
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