Messi out to score two again

TAB soccer pools are loaded with exciting clashes and opportunities to collect mega payouts this week, including a carryover Soccer 13 tomorrow night that should generate a total pool of R4 million and a R100,000 added Soccer 10 pool on Friday night, which could provide a grand start to the weekend for those TAB customers who forecast all 10 games correctly. And Saturday's carryover Soccer 13 should total a whopping R12 million for all-13-correct!

- By Mark Gleeson

We are only weeks away from the resumption of the season in South Africa and all the top leagues in Europe, but there are no lack of matches to look forward to in TAB soccer pools this week, especially in Brazil and Major League Soccer (MLS) in North America.

The USA has enjoyed the lion's share of footballing attention over the last month as it played host to both the Club World Cup and the CONCACAF Gold Cup, but it is now back to the battle for club supremacy in MLS in which former Bafana Bafana full-back Bradley Carnell has taken his new club Philadelphia Union to the top of the overall standings.

But the major focus tonight will be on Lionel Messi as he travels with Inter Miami to Cincinnati, looking to continue an extraordinary goal-scoring run.