3-3: Inter Miami lets a 3-0 lead slip away, but Messi wins the Golden Boot

ByDavid Mitchell

He Inter Miami This Saturday, they let a three-goal lead built in the first half slip away and ended up drawing 3-3 with the charlotte on the last day of the regular season MLS. The youth squad Ian Fray, the Uruguayan Luis Suárez and the Argentine Rodrigo de Paul put Inter ahead before the break, while the Israeli Liel Abada with a double and the Beninese Rodolfo Aloko in the 90th minute tied the score.

Lionel Messi did not find a goal – he hit the post in added time – and closed the season with 26 goals, a figure that allows him to repeat as the top scorer in the MLS for the second consecutive year. His main pursuer, Croatian Petar Musa, from Dallas, was four goals behind.

With this 3-3 tie, Inter Miami closed its regular season in second position in the Eastern Conference with 60 points, far behind the leader, Nashville, which added 77 and established a new scoring record in the MLS.

Inter Miami will play the first round of the playoff against the Crew

The ‘Herons’ were playing for that second position, key for the playoffs that will begin on November 18, but their pursuer in the table, the New England Revolution of Boston, fell 1-0 in Orlando, with a goal from Paraguayan Braian Ojeda. In this way, Inter Miami will play in the first round of the playoff against the seventh-placed Columbus Crew. That first round is played in the best of three games. Nashville, for its part, will face the winner of the play-off between Antoine Griezmann’s Orlando City and Cincinnati.

Dallas, second in the Western Conference

Dallas finished second in the West, which this Saturday beat Colorado 3-1 with goals from Uruguayan Joaquín Valiente, Brazilian Kaick and Colombian Santiago Moreno. In other games on the last day, Antoine Griezmann’s Orlando City won 1-0 against the New England Revolution with a goal from Paraguayan Braian Ojeda and will play the play-off against Cincinnati, where Nashville’s rival will emerge in the first round. Real Salt Lake won and eliminated the Los Angeles Galaxy 2-1 with a goal from Catalan Sergi Solans, his fifteenth goal this season. The Utah team will play in the Western playoffs against the Seattle Sounders, who also won 2-1 against LAFC.

David Mitchell
David Mitchell

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