FC Cincinnati will not face off against Lionel Messi Saturday, as the soccer star, along with teammate Jordi Alba, have been suspended for one match for not participating in the MLS All-Star game. Messi and Alba were voted into the MLS all-star side but neither participated in the week’s festivities. Under MLS rules, players who are voted to the mid-season exhibition but do not participate without a credible injury report are subject to a one-match suspension.This was the case for Los Angeles Football Club’s Zlatan Ibrahimović, who missed the 2018 affair and missed LAFC’s next game.The suspensions mean both Messi and Alba will miss Miami’s next match, which will happen in south Florida against the Orange and Blue. Cincinnati and Miami will kick off Saturday at 7:15 p.m. It’ll mark Cincinnati’s final MLS game before Leagues Cup play kicks off on Thursday.

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FC Cincinnati will not face off against Lionel Messi Saturday, as the soccer star, along with teammate Jordi Alba, have been suspended for one match for not participating in the MLS All-Star game.

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Messi and Alba were voted into the MLS all-star side but neither participated in the week’s festivities. Under MLS rules, players who are voted to the mid-season exhibition but do not participate without a credible injury report are subject to a one-match suspension.

This was the case for Los Angeles Football Club’s Zlatan Ibrahimović, who missed the 2018 affair and missed LAFC’s next game.

The suspensions mean both Messi and Alba will miss Miami’s next match, which will happen in south Florida against the Orange and Blue.

Cincinnati and Miami will kick off Saturday at 7:15 p.m. It’ll mark Cincinnati’s final MLS game before Leagues Cup play kicks off on Thursday.