{"id":37142,"date":"2025-09-21T12:50:25","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T16:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/messi-shines-double-by-the-10-in-inter-miami-victory-against-dc-united\/"},"modified":"2025-09-21T12:50:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T16:50:25","slug":"messi-shines-double-by-the-10-in-inter-miami-victory-against-dc-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/soccer\/messi-shines-double-by-the-10-in-inter-miami-victory-against-dc-united\/","title":{"rendered":"Messi Shines: Double by the 10 in Inter Miami Victory against DC United"},"content":{"rendered":"In a standout performance, Lionel Messi led Inter Miami to a crucial 3-1 victory against D.C. United, solidifying their position in the race for the MLS Supporters&#8217; Shield.\n\nThe Argentine star demonstrated his genius by directly participating in the three goals of the match, held at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale.\n\nMessi started the path to success with a precise pass that allowed Tadeo Allende to open the scoring in the 35th minute.\n\nDespite D.C. United&#8217;s temporary tie, Messi took control of the match to secure Miami&#8217;s victory. He scored his first goal in the 66th minute, following an assist from Jordi Alba, defining with mastery.\n\nLater, Messi extended the lead with a great goal from outside the area, placing the ball in the top corner and demonstrating his exceptional skill.\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><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=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n<em>Lionel Messi scored two goals in Inter Miami&#8217;s victory against D.C. United.<\/em>\n\n\nAlthough Messi had the opportunity to score a hat-trick, he ceded the responsibility of a penalty to his compatriot Mateo Silvetti, who unfortunately missed.\n\nD.C. United scored a consolation goal in added time, but Messi&#8217;s goals were enough to secure Miami&#8217;s victory and strengthen their position in the Eastern Conference.\n\nInter Miami, led by Javier Mascherano, remains eight points behind the Supporters&#8217; Shield leaders, Philadelphia Union, with three games in hand.\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 here at home, we have moved up positions in the standings.<\/p><cite>Mascherano<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nMessi&#8217;s outstanding performance also positioned him as the top scorer in MLS, surpassing Sam Surridge and accumulating 22 goals, in addition to 12 assists in the 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. His ability to be a force in the game, to find situations where he can carry the team on his shoulders when we need it most.<\/p><cite>Mascherano<\/cite><\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a standout performance, Lionel Messi led Inter Miami to a crucial 3-1 victory against D.C. United, solidifying their position in the race for the MLS Supporters&#8217; Shield. The Argentine star demonstrated his genius by directly participating in the three goals of the match, held at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale. Messi started the path [&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":[435,257,256,152],"class_list":{"0":"post-37142","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-soccer","7":"tag-goals","8":"tag-inter-miami","9":"tag-lionel-messi","10":"tag-mls"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37142","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=37142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37142\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}