Messi mania up close and personal, as fans travel to Miami to watch soccer phenom

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A young couple from California celebrating their wedding anniversary. A Maryland boy going into the eighth grade but not before seeing his sports idol. Two South Florida natives, one coming to see her first live soccer game. They were among the thousands outside DRV PNK Stadium on Tuesday evening before one of soccer’s all-time greatest players in the world got his first start in a pink Inter Miami jersey. Is this the Messi effect in South Florida? It certainly looked that way and showed the fans think he’s giving a much-needed lift to a last place MLS team. Prior to th...