Messi helps Inter Miami return to MLS championship race
Despite rumors of an unsigned contract extension with Inter Miami, Messi remains focused on the game and his arrival in Montreal, Canada with the team to play CF Montreal in the MLS speaks volumes of his commitment. Here, the Argentine star shined with a brace of goals and an assist, helping his team make a strong comeback in the championship race.
Messi continues to shine at age 38
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The win extended Inter Miami's three-game winning streak in MLS since before the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup™. The team, chaired by David Beckham, remains in sixth place in the Eastern Conference standings, but with 32 points from 17 games they have narrowed the gap with the top teams. specifically, the leading teams like FC Cincinnati and Philadelphia Union are only 9 and 10 points, but have played 4 games less.
Inter Miami faced a bit of a challenge against CF Montreal, the team at the bottom of the Eastern Conference, when they unexpectedly fell behind 1-0 in the 2nd minute (Prince Owusu scored for the home team). Then, under the guidance of Messi, Inter Miami gradually regained control of the game and dominated. In the 33rd minute, Messi had a pass to help striker Tadeo Allende shoot perfectly from outside the box to score the equalizer 1-1.
At the end of the first half, it was Messi's turn to speak up with a beautiful solo performance, dribbling past a series of CF Montreal players before shooting into the far corner to raise the score to 2-1 for Inter Miami. In the second half, minutes 60 and 62, Telasco Segovia and Messi scored their second goals of the match, scoring after beautiful technical displays to help the home team raise the score to 4-1 and secure victory in hand.
Messi has scored 2 goals and had 1 assist in 3 consecutive MLS matches
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Messi's brace and assist made him the first player since Thierry Henry in 2012 to score at least two goals and one assist in three consecutive MLS games. He had previously scored two goals and assisted in a 4-2 win over CF Montreal on May 29 and a 5-1 win over Columbus Crew on June 1 (both at home).
In the upcoming match, Messi and his teammates will continue to play away against New England Revolution at 6:30 am on July 10, also in the MLS. Also in July, Inter Miami still had 4 more matches after the above matches, all in the MLS.
On July 31, they will play their opening Leagues Cup group stage match against Atlas Club, followed by Necaxa and UNAM (both from Mexico) on August 3 and August 7 respectively. It is a terrible schedule, and it is unclear whether Messi and Suarez will be able to cope or not, or whether they will need to rest and rotate players to be able to play.
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