A number of MLS teams are in Concacaf Champions Cup first-leg action Wednesday evening, including Inter Miami and the Seattle Sounders.
Here is what has gone down across the grounds so far.
Inter Miami took a first-leg away win against Sporting Kansas City in freezing tempuratures.
While the opening 45 minutes reflected the mood in the frozen stadium, the match came to life after the break.
It took Inter Miami just 10 minutes in the second interval to open the scoring, and who else would do it but Lionel Messi?
The Argentine showed off his magical touch to take the ball down, turn, and fire home the opener in the tie.
The second-half strike sees Messi extend his tally to 66 goals in 81 career knockout matches in continental club competitions.
The Sounders will take a lead back to Seattle after picking up a first-leg victory in Guatemala.
It was a rapid start from the Sounders as former USMNT wide-man Paul Arriola opened up his Seattle account just three minutes into his full debut for the club.
But the Guatemalan hosts were a handful for the Cascadia club in the minutes that followed, and they pulled level on the night through Oscar Santis before the half-hour mark.
After the break the deadlock was broken once more, as Pedro de la Vega saw his long-range effort take a healthy deflection into the back of the net.
The icing on the cake came when Albert Rusnak bagged a stoppage-time goal to extend Seattle's lead on aggregate ahead of next week's second-leg.
Current Costa Rican league leaders Herediano failed to take a first-leg advantage at home, and the tie will now head to Utah next week.
RSL should feel in confident in coming through the tie after the second-leg on their own patch.