It’s easy to imagine a host of other MLS teams finding success with Lionel Messi on the field. If he were to suit up for, say, the Houston Dynamo, I’d wager that Ben Olsen and friends would be on top of the Western Conference.

Lionel Messi’s first trip to Lower.com Field couldn’t have had much more hype before it started or more drama as it happened. Messi hit a brace in a five-minute stretch, and the Columbus Crew couldn’t overcome their own mistakes in a 3-2 loss at home to Messi’s Inter Miami on Wednesday night.