Mark Kiszla: Messi magic in Broncos Country as Denver becomes the U.S. fútbol capital for a day

With the Broncos stadium awash in a pink sea of Lionel Messi jerseys, Denver was transformed into a fútbol town as rowdy as Buenos Aires or Barcelona.

On a Saturday when Nikola Jokic raised the roof in the Nuggets’ home arena and Shohei Ohtani filled a ballpark in LoDo, both those sports giants were dwarfed by a 5-foot-7 soccer player as the most legendary superstar working in the city.

Inter Miami beat the Colorado Rapids 3-2…

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