Cleats? Check. Jersey? Check.

Fashionable designer toiletry bag ... check?

There's more than meets the eye when it comes to the handheld pouches that your favorite MLS stars bring to gamedays. When the league's brightest strut into matches with trendy "tunnel fits" that showcase their style on social media, toiletry bags -- at first glance -- can appear as just an accent piece or minor accessory.

No larger than a book and having no discernible on-field role, how vital could they really be?

"Without it, then I feel like I'm missing something," Max Arfsten , a U.S. men's national team player for the Columbus Crew , told ESPN.

"It's an essential," added LA Galaxy forward Christian Ramírez . "You sort of feel empty if you're walking without one."

- Sources: Messi, Miami near

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