Stephen A. was SHOCKED to hear this about Messi 😂 #shorts
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There were football legends playing in the US 50 years ago.
Pele, Cruyff, Beckenbauer to name a few.
Its just not a football nation. Its only about Messi now.
He didn't know y'all. It's not an American ego thing. He doesn't cover soccer so he doesn't really know the GOAT like that.
Did he really think that he might be even close to Messi's popularity? 😂
This is why people outside of USA make fun of Americans. These people are way too full of themselves. They think no other country or people exist outside of the USA. Bro, get yourself mentally checked out and try to travel outside of US once in your life!
What a clown
Who the fu*k is he, he thinks he's on Messi level
Messi probably has over 5 million followers in each and every country of the world😅😂
That ‘OH’ hahahahhahahahahahhahahaha
stephen must have dirt on some exec(s) at espn…disney, wherever, to not have been tossed out on the street.
Apr 24, 2025… 505 M followers for the GOAT
As an American it is so sad how we have such a closed off mind towards the rest of the world. Like there is no genuine way that any American can possibly think they are remotely close to being as popular around the world as Messi is… Those guys play a WORLD WIDE sport, and i am not even a huge fan of it, (i watch premier league every now and then) cause i do prefer to watch American sports. But our sports are not even in the same realm of popularity as Football.
Nah the MLS is lower than the G league compared to major league in Europe
Talkin about his pecker size.
How do you call yourself a sports journalist and not know Messi has more than 10 M followers
Average American
❤😂🎉😢😮😅
More then U.S.A himself 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
"Americans"😂😂😂😂🤮
Its always laughable this dork thinks he is at same level as messi or LeBron.
Omg I can't stop watching this😂 it's the just to correct you part for me😂😂😂
Oh man.. the audacity
Is this guy an NBA player?
This is while Instagram is blocked in China. To put things into the right perspective.
Welcome to Messi, America.
did he actually think he had more followers than messi 😭
The name « Leo » or « Lionel » experienced an increase of 4000% in Catalonia, Spain. And it also moved up 283 spots on the US BabyCenter popularity list since Messi’s move to Inter Miami in 2023. Dont even ask about Argentina because people there are naming their babies Messi as first name 😂. Some people in the US dont realise how big Messi was since he was a teenager. Americans never experienced such unplayable athlete, it was like Usain Bolt racing 13 years olds, but not in a boring way, football is more complicated than that, we were witnessing a genius humbling the top professionals, managers built tactics against him but he always figure it out.
Ok who let Stephen A talk about Messi and soccer? He should stick to nba 🏀 and nfl 🏈, don’t let him come near soccer and the goat Messi it’s not his place he is just gonna make once again a fool out of himself
more people have heard of messi than the nba🤣😭
Dumb
Interesting that what Messi (the best player of all time of modern football era) is doing to USA is what Pelé (the best player of all time of the old football era) also did to USA in the past. Both went to USA to play for a USA team. Messi in Florida's Inter Miami and Pelé in New York's Cosmos. Pelé was the one who back then popularized the "soccer sport" in the USA, and made a lot of fans there, in the same way Messi is doing now. There is even a Pelé store in New York's Times Square and Messi is being part of many ads.