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Lionel Messi scores first-half brace for Inter Miami (1:29)
Lionel Messi scores doubly successful the archetypal fractional to springiness Inter Miami a 2-0 going into the half. (1:29)
ESPN News Services
Jul 9, 2025, 09:40 PM ET
Lionel Messi added different grounds to his database of vocation achievements arsenic helium scored a brace of goals to pb Inter Miami CF to a 2-1 win implicit the New England Revolution.
The brace astatine Gillette Stadium successful Foxborough, Massachusetts, connected Wednesday nighttime made Messi the archetypal subordinate successful MLS past to people aggregate goals successful 4 consecutive league games, each of which were wins.
The Argentine prima capitalized connected a mistake by the Revs' defence for his archetypal extremity of the night, past doubled Miami's pb earlier half-time with a superb decorativeness from a perfectly placed Sergio Busquets done ball.
It was the 2nd triumph successful arsenic galore games for Messi and Miami since losing to Paris Saint-Germain successful the circular of 16 astatine the Club World Cup connected June 29.
Messi scored doubly successful Saturday's 4-1 triumph implicit Montreal and his 2 goals connected Wednesday helped Miami proceed to ascent backmost up the array successful MLS' Eastern Conference.
Miami is present successful 5th place, 7 points down leaders FC Cincinnati, but besides person 3 games successful manus aft missing retired connected league games portion participating successful the Concacaf Champions Cup astatine the commencement of the play and the Club World Cup successful June.
It's not the archetypal clip Messi has gone connected specified a run, successful 2012 helium had multi-goal games successful six consecutive matches portion playing for Barcelona. The 2 goals contiguous moved him up to 2nd spot connected the MLS scoring charts this play astatine 14, 2 down Nashville's Sam Surridge.
The World Cup victor besides has 7 assists successful the 15 MLS games helium has played successful this season.
Messi has particularly feasted against the Revs, scoring 7 times against them -- the astir goals helium has versus immoderate squad -- since moving to MLS successful the summertime of 2023.
Javier Mascherano's broadside is backmost successful enactment connected Saturday against Nashville SC astatine its Chase Stadium location successful Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
