Lionel Messi is set to make his Inter Miami debut on Friday night - and July 21 also marks 16 years to the day since David Beckham made his own Stateside debut for LA Galaxy.
It is a nice coincidence that the first matches for two of football's biggest icons both came about on the same day in the seventh month - Beckham in a friendly against Chelsea, and Messi facing Cruz Azul in MLS Leagues Cup.
When Beckham went to LA in 2007, he paved the way for a new era of football in the United States.