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Barcelona announced that Lionel Messi hurt his left hamstring and may not play in Argentina’s upcoming World Cup qualifiers. Messi will travel to join the Argentina squad, but his status “will depend on how the injury develops ,” Barcelona said. Argentina hosts Uruguay on Sept .1 and play sat Venezuela on Sept. 6. ... Wayne Rooney will remain England captain, but his mid field experiment with the national team is over, with the Manchester United veteran set to revert to playing as a deep-lying forward under new manager Sam Allardyce. Rooney finished last season playing as a central midfielder for United under Louis van Gaal and played there for England during its European Championship campaign that ended with an embarrassing last-16 loss to Iceland. ... Red Bulls midfielder Sac ha Kl jest an was added to the U.S. roster heading into the team’s World Cup qualifying match against St. Vincent and the Grenadines on Friday.