{"id":36914,"date":"2025-09-21T05:06:54","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T09:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/messi-shines-brace-from-the-10-gives-inter-miami-victory-vs-dc-united\/"},"modified":"2025-09-21T05:06:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T09:06:54","slug":"messi-shines-brace-from-the-10-gives-inter-miami-victory-vs-dc-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/soccer\/messi-shines-brace-from-the-10-gives-inter-miami-victory-vs-dc-united\/","title":{"rendered":"Messi Shines: Brace from the 10 Gives Inter Miami Victory vs DC United"},"content":{"rendered":"In a standout performance, Lionel Messi led Inter Miami to victory, contributing directly to the three goals that secured the 3-1 triumph over D.C. United at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale.\n\nThe Argentinian star demonstrated his genius by providing a precise assist for Tadeo Allende to open the scoring in the 35th minute. D.C. United&#8217;s forward, Christian Benteke, equalized the score at the beginning of the second half, but Messi responded with a brace that sealed the victory for Inter Miami.\n\nMessi&#8217;s first goal came in the 66th minute, after an assist from his former Barcelona teammate, Jordi Alba. The second goal, a masterpiece from outside the area, extended the lead for the home team.\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0921%2Fr1548624_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"Lionel Messi celebra un gol\" title=\"\"><figcaption>Lionel Messi anot\u00f3 dos goles en la victoria del Inter Miami sobre D.C. United.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\nDespite the opportunity to score a hat-trick, Messi surprisingly ceded the penalty kick in the 72nd minute to his compatriot Mateo Silvetti, who unfortunately missed.\n\nD.C. United managed a consolation goal in added time, but Messi&#8217;s goals were enough to secure Inter Miami&#8217;s victory, solidifying their position in the Eastern Conference.\n\nInter Miami remains eight points away from the Supporters&#8217; Shield leaders, Philadelphia Union, with three games still to play.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>It&#8217;s a very important victory because we won the six points we had to win at home, we have climbed positions in the standings.<\/p><cite>Javier Mascherano<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nWith this brace, Messi positions himself as the top scorer in MLS with 22 goals, surpassing Nashville&#8217;s Sam Surridge. In addition, he has accumulated 12 assists in 22 games this season.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Another normal night for Leo, which is totally abnormal for any footballer.<\/p><cite>Javier Mascherano<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nMascherano highlighted Messi&#8217;s ability to lead the team and make a difference in crucial moments.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a standout performance, Lionel Messi led Inter Miami to victory, contributing directly to the three goals that secured the 3-1 triumph over D.C. United at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale. The Argentinian star demonstrated his genius by providing a precise assist for Tadeo Allende to open the scoring in the 35th minute. D.C. United&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[435,257,1427,152],"class_list":{"0":"post-36914","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-soccer","7":"tag-goals","8":"tag-inter-miami","9":"tag-messi","10":"tag-mls"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36914\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}