Messi has a goal and assist as Inter Miami plays the Union to a 2-2 draw
Messi’s first goal since returning from leave came in a match that ended with two Union goals, a disallowed winner and stoppage-time red cards.
- On Wednesday, Lionel Messi recorded a goal and an assist as Inter Miami and the Philadelphia Union played to a 2-2 draw in Chester, Pennsylvania, marking Messi's first goal since returning to action following the death of his father, Jorge.
- Miami entered the match on a three-game losing streak, including defeats to Mexican clubs in the Leagues Cup, while Messi had missed the August 8 match against Monterrey to attend his father's funeral.
- The Union, unbeaten in five games under interim coach Ryan Richter, responded with goals from Indiana Vassilev on a volley and 18-year-old defender Neil Pierre in the 58th minute, with 16-year-old midfielder Cavan Sullivan assisting Vassilev.
- Video review waved off a potential go-ahead goal by Union forward Milan Iloski in the 62nd minute, while stoppage time produced red cards for Miami's Yannick Bright and Sullivan following a scuffle.
- Messi now has 13 goals and nine assists in 17 MLS games this season, positioning Inter Miami in second place in the Eastern Conference after a 4-1 loss to first-place Nashville last Saturday.
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Messi has a goal and assist as Inter Miami plays the Union to a 2-2 draw
Lionel Messi had a goal and assist as Inter Miami and the Philadelphia Union played to a 2-2 draw. Messi’s cross was headed by Luis Suarez into the path of forward Daniel Pinter for the first Inter Miami goal in the 21st minute.
The Union battle Miami and Lionel Messi to a wild draw in front of a sold-out Subaru Park
Indiana Vassilev and Neil Pierre scored the Union's goals, while Messi and Dániel Pintér scored for Miami. The game ended with a brawl that saw Cavan Sullivan ejected.
Lionel Messi scored a goal and assisted Inter Miami to tie Wednesday 2-2 against the Union of Philadelphia.
In Chester's Subaru Park, the local and the herons encouraged a changing encounter. U.S.A. Ten days after the death of his father Jorge Messi, Lionel Messi shined in the 2-2 tie between Inter Miami and Philadelphia Union at Subaru Park, for the 21st day of Major League Soccer (MLS). The Argentine scored one goal and participated in the other for his team, who knew how to be in advantage, but also suffered in his visit to Chester, Pennsylvania. T…
Buenos Aires, 19 August (NA) – Argentine star Lionel Messi was able to score his first goal since the death of his father, Jorge, in the match that Inter Miami and Philadelphia Union played for the twentieth date of the Major League Soccer, the highest category of American football. According to the Argentine News Agency, the match reached the 25 minutes of the first part and meant the 2-1 partial, in a match in which his team had begun at a dis…
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