Massive boost for LA Galaxy! Newly acquired Designated Players Gabriel Pec and Joseph Paintsil both available for selection against Lionel Messi and Inter Miami

The Herons' opponents on Sunday announced that they will have two important members of their newly reinvented roster available, with Pec and Paintsil both available. The Brazilian and the Ghanaian could feature in either the starting XI or as a potential substitute off the bench.

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The Western Conference side posted on X that both new Designated Players will be available for selection.

Paintsil and Pec both replace two famous DP's on the Galaxy's roster, with Chicharito Hernandez and Douglas Costa both departing in the offseason. The two 30+ once-European greats left the Galaxy, and they've gone the route of younger - but still proven - with their replacements.

Paintsil - a Ghana international - arrives from Genk in Belgium where he netted 17 goals and added 11 assists in 36 matches last campaign. Pec, meanwhile, made 178 senior team appearances in the midfield for Vasco Da Gama by 23-years-old before his transfer this Winter.

They will clash against the Herons Sunday evening in their 2024 home-opener. The Galaxy will look to earn their first three points of the season while Miami will look to make it six points across two matches.