Lucas Herrington yana gudanar da kyawawan ayyuka ga Colorado Rapids waɗanda suka sa shi a cikin tattaunawar zaɓen FIFA Kofin Duniya tare da ƙungiyar ƙasar Australia, Socceroos — kuma tafiyarsa ta gasar MLS ta haɗa da ɗaya daga cikin manyan gwaje-gwajen ƙwallon ƙafa: fuskanta Lionel Messi.

Kyawawan ayyukan mai tsaron gida a MLS sun jawo hankalin masu zaɓen Australia, inda Herrington ya fito a matsayin babban mai takara don samun wuri a cikin ƙungiyar kafin gasar. Yin gogayya da fitattun 'yan wasan gasar — ciki har da Messi — ya ƙara haɓaka wasan Herrington kuma ya hanzarta ci gabansa a matakin ƙoli.

Fuskantar Messi ya kasance muhimmin ɓangare na wannan tafiya. 'Yan kalilan ƙalubalen da ake samu a ƙwallon ƙafa na kulob suna daidaita buƙatar dakatar da abokin hamayya na wannan matakin, kuma ikon Herrington na riƙe matsayinsa a irin waɗannan karo ya ƙarfafa ikonsa a matsayin mai tsaron gida mai shirye don fagen duniya.

Daidaituwarsa tare da Colorado Rapids ta samar da ƙarfin hujja don zaɓensa, tare da Socceroos waɗanda aka shirya su halarci FIFA Kofin Duniya. Haɗin mintoci na yau da kullun a MLS da kuma manyan wasanni sun ba Herrington kwarewa da fallasa da ake bukata don tura wuri na farawa a matakin ƙungiyar ƙasa.