Messi’s team, Inter Miami, told ESPN that it was the club’s decision not to allow Cheuko on the sidelines, instead deciding to rely on their own security team to handle fans.

Lionel Messi’s bodyguard Yassine Cheuko has had his access to the pitch changed by Major League Soccer and Concacaf, he said in a since-deleted video, creating a situation that has made the global

To be clear, neither of the situations directly involve MLS or are the kind that would put Messi at risk. But they lend some credit to Cheuko's assertion that pitch invasions are a more acute problem in the U.S. than they are elsewhere.