Rodrigo De Paul, Luis Suárez, Sergio Reguilón and Lionel Messi scored the goals that gave Inter Miami a 4-2 victory over Toronto FC, this Saturday (9), in Major League Soccer.
he also provided two assists and Miami ensured that they would not repeat their surprising 4-3 defeat at home to Orlando City last week, when they ended up winning 3-0.
With his performance, the Argentine added another achievement to his already extensive list, becoming the MLS player to reach the 100 goal appearance mark the fastest. He achieved this feat in just 64 games, surpassing the previous mark of Toronto idol Sebastian Giovinco, who needed 95 games to achieve this feat.
Messi has 59 goals and 41 assists since joining at the end of the 2023 season.
Inter Miami opened the scoring in the 44th minute when De Paul’s free kick deflected off the wall and De Paul’s own first-time shot hit the post before going in.
Suárez made it 2-0 in the 11th minute, taking advantage of Messi’s pass with his left foot. Miami took advantage of the space created when Toronto forward Raheem Edwards remained prone on the pitch.
In the 28th minute, the visitors made it 3-0 when Messi returned a pass to Reguilón, who scored his first MLS goal.
Miami made it 4-0 in the 30th when De Paul found Messi in the middle of the box.
Aristizabal reduced it to 4-1 and then scored with a header to reduce the lead and make it 4-2.
