Working on a rainbow of parallels of Matias Coccaro in the 2024 Topps Chrome MLS. Here’s the orange #’d to 25.

Big 1/1 Messi auto pull. MLS trading cards are definitely more exciting w/ Messi in the league.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-_J_OFSllf/

Man! Topps is so on top of this stuff. Cavan Sullivan, 14, became the youngest MLS player ever last night. And of course he had a rookie patch on his jersey, which will end up on a Topps card eventually.

Topps had to move fast on this one- I think the kid was just added to the roster a few days ago.

Huge chase card, and perhaps the biggest non-Messi MLS card in a while? Who knows if Cavan will turn out to be good but the speculators will be all over this, especially since Man City has him when he turns 18.

https://x.com/topps/status/1814027350012575821?s=46

I purchased season tickets to MLS DC United to guarantee to watch Messi play (Messi effect). Sad news Messi got hurt the game before the match against DC United. My son and I were devastate 😭.

Although we never got to witness Messi play live we still made the most of the season tickets and attended every game. Last night was special, we decided to go to the stadium early to see if we could get players to sign the DC United jersey I bought him.

Long story short my son was able to get about 80% of the team to sign the back of his jersey. Also an unexpected bonus, one of the goalies gave my son his glove which he then got all the goalies to sign. Then to top it off, he was able to get a photo with his favorite player and team captain Christian Benteke (2nd MLS leading scorer behind Messi) who happened to score 2 goals beating Seattle 2-1. It was a special night for my son, he was filled with so much joy. It was also a great moment for me as a dad to share that priceless experience with him.