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Lionel Messi shocked his fans over the weekend when he made a secret trip to Barcelona and posted a photo of himself in the club’s Camp Nou stadium. The Messi Barcelona trip wasn’t on anyone’s radar, not even the club’s, as the Inter Miami star visited the place he called home for decades.

Following his brace on Saturday during Inter Miami’s 4-0 playoff victory vs. Nashville SC, Messi and Rodrigo de Paul took a brief trip to Barcelona to see the progress on the Camp Nou which has been under construction for three years.

U.S. men’s national team forward, Alejandro Zendejas, delivered a performance to remember on Saturday night, as Club América dismantled rivals Pumas UNAM 4-1 in a fiery Clásico Capitalino at the Estadio Azulcrema. 

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The art of the sweeper keeper has been nearly perfected by Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, but on Thursday Barcelona's Joan García proved that the role is harder than it looks.

In the 33rd minute García came way out of his box to stop a Real Oviedo attack. The 24-year-old did well to intercept and control the ball… but then he passed it right to an Oviedo player.

Joan García error vs. Oviedo

Real Madrid put on a dominant performance in the 4–1 away victory over Levante on Tuesday night, with Los Blancos continuing their impressive start to the 2025/26 campaign under new manager Xabi Alonso.

However, not only all that is new is taking the spotlight at the Santiago Bernabéu, as Vinícius Jr. proved once again why he is one of the best players in the world.

And this goal speaks on that for itself.

Ousmane Dembélé winning the 2025 Ballon d’Or didn’t sit right with everyone with the father of runner-up Lamine Yamal being one of the most vocal.

Mounir Nasraou, Yamal’s father, was irate that his 18-year-old son didn’t become the award’s youngest winner in history on Monday. Nasraou went as far as to say that Yamal not winning the award was incredibly disrespectful.

Lamine Yamal father reaction to Ballon d’Or

Nasraou didn’t want to say that Dembélé’s triumph was a robbery, but he may as well have said it with his fiery tirade about the 2025 award.

Marcus Rashford’s renaissance performance for Barcelona vs. Newcastle on Thursday stunned fans and has continued to raise eyebrows due to the statistics that followed.

Rashford bagged a beautiful brace for Barcelona with a precise header and then a GOLAZO from distance.

Marcus Rashford scores his first goal for Barcelona

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The appearances of Americans in Europe’s most prestigious club competition has become a norm in the past few decades. With players like Weston McKennie who has played in five straight editions of the competition and Christian Pulisic who won the tournament in 2021 with Chelsea, the UEFA Champions League has gotten accustomed to seeing the United States’ best.

With appearances, though, comes the most important part of the game and an honor that many of today’s American Champions League stars have under their belt in the tournament — scoring goals.

The two-time reigning Ballon d’Or winner Aitana Bonmatí proved her brilliance once again on Friday with a sensational back-heel volley in Barcelona’s 4-0 league victory.

Bonmatí scored twice in the span of three minutes against Logroño with her first being an absolute beauty.

Aitana Bonmatí scorpion goal

In the 21st minute Bonmatí received a cross that was slightly behind her and improvised brilliantly to score a volley with her heel.

Griezmann might be him, folks.

Atlético Madrid forward Antoine Griezmann is a man of many trades and with the start of the 2025-26 NFL season this weekend, it’s only right we take a look back at when the legendary Frenchman proved his passion for American football when he left NFL star Deebo Samuel stunned during a special collaboration between the NFL and Atlético Madrid in 2024.