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Messi scores twice as Miami defeats Montreal 4-1

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on July 6, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Inter Miami, Soccer, Sports.

MONTREAL (AP) — Lionel Messi scored a pair of spectacular goals, including the tie-breaker late in the first half, as Inter Miami defeated CF Montreal 4-1 on Saturday night. Luis Suárez directed a long ball from Tomás Avilés to Messi with a header, who had time to gather the ball, dribble into the box and finish with his left foot to the far post to make it 2-1 in the 40th minute. It was the first M:S game in over a month for Miami while competing in the Club World Cup. PSG eliminated Miami 4-0 last week. Prince Owusu gave Montreal (3-13-5) a quick lead two minutes into the game. Tadeo...

Harry Kane leads Bayern Munich to Club World Cup quarterfinals

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on June 30, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Soccer, Sports.

MIAMI GARDENS — Despite a loud crowd of Flamengo supporters that made Hard Rock Stadium sound like it had moved to Rio de Janeiro, German powerhouse club Bayern Munich survived its Round of 16 bout with the Brazilian side and advanced to the Club World Cup quarterfinals with a 4-2 win on Sunday. Bayern will face reigning Champions League winner Paris Saint-Germain, which eliminated Inter Miami on Sunday, in the quarterfinals in Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Saturday. Superstar forward Harry Kane scored Bayern’s second and fourth goals of the match, giving his club an insurance goal...

Inter Miami advances to Club World Cup knockout round with draw vs. Palmeiras

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on June 24, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Inter Miami, Latest Headlines, Lionel Messi, Soccer, Sports.

MIAMI GARDENS — Inter Miami, coming off an upset win against Portuguese club Porto, is not ready to go back to playing its MLS schedule. Miami secured a spot in the Club World Cup knockout round with a 2-2 draw against Brazilian club Palmeiras at the Club World Cup at Hard Rock Stadium on Monday night. With the draw, Inter Miami finished second in the group and will play French powerhouse and reigning Champions League winners Paris Saint-Germain — Lionel Messi’s former club — in Atlanta on Saturday. Tadeo Allende got the ball from Luis Suarez and got behind the Palmeiras defense, breaking...

Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami and Egypt’s Al Ahly battle to scoreless draw in Club World Cup opener

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on June 15, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Inter Miami, Lionel Messi, Soccer, Sports.

By JAMES ROBSON MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Lionel Messi was denied on a long shot in extra time and Inter Miami and Egypt’s Al Ahly settled for a scoreless draw in the opening game of the Club World Cup on Saturday night. Argentina’s eight-time Ballon d’Or winner kicked a long, curling shot from the right side that was tipped by diving goalkeeper Mohamed Elshenawy and brushed off the crossbar in the 96th minute front of a crowd of more than 60,000 at Hard Rock Stadium. Messi also shaved the post with a free kick in the 60th minute of the second half. Miami had its own good fortune,...

Messi’s brilliance continues with two goals and an assist as Inter Miami hammer Columbus

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on June 1, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Inter Miami, Latest Headlines, Lionel Messi, Soccer, Sports.

By ALANIS THAMES FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Inter Miami was in a midseason slump just a week ago. Lionel Messi made sure it didn’t last long. Messi scored for the fifth time in three Major League Soccer matches to help Inter Miami rout the Columbus Crew 5-1 on Saturday night for its second straight win. Messi played a role each of Miami’s goals. He scored twice — in the 15th and 24th minutes — giving him 10 goals this season, which leads his team and is tied for third in MLS. He set up Tadeo Allende’s goal in the 13th, Fafà Picault’s in the 89th and was also involved in Luis Suarez’s...

Inter Miami defense porous again as Orlando City roll 3-0

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on May 19, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Inter Miami, Latest Headlines, Lionel Messi, Soccer, Sports.

FORT LAUDERDALE — Luis Muriel scored a goal just before halftime, Marco Pašali? added a goal early in the second half and Orlando City beat Inter Miami 3-0 on Sunday night in the Florida Derby to extend its unbeaten streak to 11 consecutive games. Orlando City (6-2-6) has not lost since it dropped a 2-1 decision to New York City FC on March 8. Pedro Gallese finished with four saves for his sixth shutout of the season and had the second assist of his five-plus year career in MLS. Luis Muriel opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Gallese played a perfectly-placed ball ahead from the edge of...

Inter Miami, without Messi, loses 1st MLS game of season as FC Dallas rallies for a 4-3 victory

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on April 28, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Inter Miami, Latest Headlines, Lionel Messi, Soccer, Sports.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Inter Miami lost its first MLS game of the season Sunday with Lionel Messi watching from a private box as FC Dallas scored three unanswered goals in the second half for a 4-3 victory. Inter Miami squandered a two-goal advantage and slipped to 5-1-3, with 18 points. Inter Miami lost at Vancouver in the first leg of its CONCACAF Champions Cup semifinal round on Thursday. Messi played all 90 minutes of Miami’s 2-0 loss. With the teams playing the second leg in Miami on Wednesday, the 37-year-old Messi playing Sunday seemed unlikely. Pedrinho scored the go-ahead...

Cremaschi lifts unbeaten Inter Miami to 1-0 win over Crew before record 60,614 fans in Cleveland

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on April 20, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Inter Miami, Latest Headlines, Lionel Messi, Soccer, Sports.

By JOE REEDY CLEVELAND (AP) — Benjamin Cremaschi scored on a diving header in the 30th minute and Inter Miami beat the Columbus Crew 1-0 on Saturday. The matchup between the lone remaining undefeated teams in Major League Soccer drew 60,614 fans to Huntington Bank Field, a single-game record for a Crew home match and the largest non-NFL event in stadium history. The match was moved from Columbus to the home of the NFL’s Cleveland Browns due to the popularity of Inter Miami superstar Lionel Messi. It is the second time this season and ninth since Messi joined MLS in 2023 that Inter Miami has...

Messi, Inter Miami stay unbeaten with scoreless draw in front of 62,358 in Chicago

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on April 14, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Inter Miami, Latest Headlines, Lionel Messi, Soccer, Sports.

CHICAGO (AP) — Lionel Messi missed on four chances but Inter Miami remained unbeaten after Sunday’s scoreless draw against the Chicago Fire. Messi earned a free kick in the 62nd minute but his try struck the crossbar. Another free kick 13 minutes later went a foot above the upper corner. A free kick in the 86th minute grazed the far corner. Messi did not play because of injuries the past two times Inter Miami visited Chicago, but Sunday’s match drew 62,358 fans, many of them clad in the visiting club’s pink home tops. It’s the largest home crowd in Fire history. Chicago (3-2-3) goalkeeper...

Lionel Messi and Inter Miami pull off 3-goal rally to top LAFC and make CONCACAF Champions Cup semis

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on April 10, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Inter Miami, Latest Headlines, Lionel Messi, Soccer, Sports.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Lionel Messi and Inter Miami are headed to the CONCACAF Champions Cup semifinals and it took a dramatic three-goal comeback to get there. Messi scored twice, including a penalty kick in the 84th minute, to lift Inter Miami past LAFC 3-1 on Wednesday night — good enough for a 3-2 aggregate win in the two-leg series. The Herons needed three unanswered goals to win the series and ensure that they wouldn’t lose a tiebreaker. And for Messi, the series clincher was reminiscent of how he led Argentina past France in the World Cup final in 2022. He scored two goals in...