MLS match highlights: Lionel Messi shines ahead of Inter Miami’s visit to Montreal

The May 11 match has long been surrounded by Montreal soccer fans, namely the visit of Inter Miami to Montreal for a match against CFM.

But before knowing whether Lionel Messi will be in the lineup next Saturday, the latter showed up against the New York Red Bulls in a 6-2 win.

The Argentine became the first MLS player to reach the 10-goal mark this season and set up the team’s other five goals, three of which were scored by Luis Suarez. Contributing to all six of the team’s goals and assisting five times, Messi set records in MLS history for both statistics.

The game started well for the New York squad with Dante Vanzeir netting in the 30th minute.

Miami’s offensive machine then got going. Messi gave the ball in the 48th minute to Matias Rojas who fired a beautiful shot that gave the goalkeeper no chance to equalise.

A turnover allowed Suarez to pass the ball to Messi in the box to put his side in control two minutes later. The Inter Miami star set up Rojas to score his second goal of the game. The latter carried out a great maneuver to gain the upper hand over Carlos Coronel afterwards.

Messi then assisted teammate Suarez’s three goals in a row between the 65th and 81st minutes. The latter managed a fine shot on the volley to open his counter attack and he followed up with two other nets.

CF Montreal awaits Miami at Stade Saputo for the second meeting against this team since the start of the 2024 campaign. It remains to be seen if he will stay on Canadian soil.

Elsewhere in MLS:

Atlanta 1 – Minnesota 2
ATL: Saba Lobjanidze scored her second of the season for Atlanta (3-4-3).
MY: Kervin Arriaga and Tani Oluwaseyi scored within six minutes.

Charlotte 2 – Portland 0
CHA: Nikola Petkovic scored his first MLS goal. Enzo Copetti got the other. Kristijan Kahlina got the shutout.
POR: Maxime Crépeau made three saves for Portland (2-5-4), which has not won in its last eight games.

DC United 2 – Philadelphia 2
DCU: Cristián Dájome (9′) and Jacob Murrell (33′) scored the goals.
PHI: Alejandro Bedoya (42′) Jack McGlynn (79′) answered for the Union.

Orlando 0 – Cincinnati 1
ENT: End of Orlando’s two-game winning streak (2-5-3).
CIN: Luciano Acosta scored a goal in a third game in a row. Roman Celentano made two saves for a fourth shutout.

San Jose 3 – LAFC 1
SJ: San Jose (2-8-1) was winless in its last five games.
THERE : Cristian Olivera scored his second of the season and his fourth in 21 games over two seasons.

Toronto 3 – Dallas 1
DARE: Federico Bernardeschi scored two goals and had an assist. He had not scored in his last 19 games. Matty Longstaff also scored.
VALLEY: Sam Junqua was the only one to score in the 87th minute.

Chicago – New England
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Houston 0 – St. Louis 0
HOU: Dynamo dominated possession with 67.4% of the ball.
STL: St. Louis attempted 18 shots, three of which hit the target.

Salt Lake City – Kansas City
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Vancouver – Austin
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