Lionel Messi became the first player in the history of Major League Soccer (MLS) to produce nine multi-target matches in a single ordinary season, after the Inter Miami star scored a fight in their 4-0 win over Atlanta United in the Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on Sunday. Messi, especially an evening earlier in Miami, sat out of Argentina’s kindly with Venezuela. With this victory, Inter Miami guaranteed at least a No.3 seed at the eastern conference. They can still go up a place, it can end between Miami above FC Cincinnati. Both Inter Miami and FC Cincinnati are each at 62 points. If they end up on equal points, FC Cincinnati will take the higher seed based on the head-to-head connection. The Messi magic began at 39 minutes when the Argentine controlled a cross -pass of Baltasar Rodriguez to curl the ball to the top farthest angle. His second goal came in the 87th minute, after a help from Jordi Alba, who played his last home game of the season for Inter Miami. With these two goals, Messis took their score to 26 goals this season to lead the Golden Boot race. Messi also had a role in playing in the second goal of Inter Miami when the 38-year-old a long ball across the field to Alba Lus, who did the rest at 52 minutes by dropping the ball over Atlanta United’s 21-year-old goalkeeper Jayden Hibbert. Messi’s former teammate Luis Suarez, Barcelona, added in the 61st minute.
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