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Auburn is just two days away from hosting a soccer match between Argentina and Iceland. The game, which was announced in April, is the first international soccer match to ever be played at Jordan-Hare Stadium,
Texas A&M quarterback Marcel Reed met Argentina superstar Lionel Messi at Kyle Field and made sure he left with a taste of Aggieland.
The Argentina versus Honduras match drew in thousands of soccer fans to Kyle Field.
Argentina beat Honduras 2-0 on Saturday in their second-to-last friendly before the FIFA World Cup begins on June 11. A raucous Kyle Field in College Station, Texas, cheered Argentina loudly throughout the match, but were likely disappointed as the team's talisman Lionel Messi remained on the bench as he recovers from muscle fatigue.