Lionel Messi scores two goals as Inter Miami win against DC United

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The Argentinian superstar scored his 173rd vocation brace and added an assistance successful the 3-2 location triumph successful MLS.

Published On 21 Sep 2025

Lionel Messi scored his 21st and 22nd goals to determination into the Major League Soccer (MLS) pb and added his 12th assist, starring Inter Miami to a 3-2 triumph implicit visiting DC United.

Tadeo Allende scored the opener for Miami (15-6-7, 52 points) connected Saturday night, which completed consecutive victories successful the league for the archetypal clip since winning 3 consecutive from July 5-12.

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That was capable to assistance the Herons into 5th successful the Eastern Conference standings, and support them 8 points backmost of East person Philadelphia, with 3 matches inactive successful hand.

Christian Benteke scored his eighth extremity and assisted his 3rd for DC (5-16-10, 25 points), which mislaid for the archetypal clip successful 5 matches nether incoming manager Rene Weiler.

Substitute Jacob Murrell added a precocious consolation extremity for DC aft Messi’s second-half brace pushed Miami to a 3-1 lead.

Messi moved supra Nashville’s Sam Surridge successful the MLS Golden Boot pursuit aft Surridge began the nighttime with 21 goals but failed to people successful his side’s 3-2 nonaccomplishment astatine Orlando.

And Messi mightiness person had a hat-trick connected different night, fixed however often helium threatened Luis Barraza’s extremity successful the 2nd half.

He forced Barraza into 2 saves, lone moments aft Benteke levelled astatine 1-1 successful the 53rd minute, and past restored Miami’s pb successful the 66th.

With DC defending narrowly successful its ain box, Jordi Alba took a walk from Ian Fray, portion Messi had cleverly drifted backmost into the play from an offside position.

Alba played a cleanable walk betwixt the DC defenders to find Messi with his backmost to the goal, and Messi turned and finished calmly past Barraza.

In the 72nd minute, Miami’s Mateo Silvetti struck the crossbar with a punishment helium earned himself aft helium bushed Barraza to the shot successful the box.

But Messi provided the Herons with the security they would request successful the 85th. This time, it was Sergio Busquets providing the walk good extracurricular the container and Messi doing astir of the enactment himself, taking connected a defender connected the dribble earlier unleashing a changeable from the borderline of the country that bushed Barraza to the apical near corner.