Lionel Messi Leads Inter Miami to Glory, Securing MLS Supporters' Shield vs Crew for His 46th Trophy

In an MLS game, Inter Miami defeated Columbus Crew with an exciting 3-2 score. Diego Rossi and Cucho Hernández scored for Columbus while Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez discovered the back of the net for Inter Miami. The game saw a flurry of goals. Inter Miami won the game even though Columbus was waging a heroic struggle. The red card given to Rudy Camacho during the high-intensity duel added drama to the game, therefore highlighting the thrilling character of MLS events.

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Lionel Messi scores an incredible brace for Inter Miami against Columbus Crew 

Lionel Messi and Inter Miami have another trophy, along with home-field advantage throughout the Major League Soccer playoffs.

Messi scored twice in the final minutes of the first half, goalie Drake Callender stopped a penalty kick in the 84th minute and Inter Miami beat the defending MLS Cup champion Columbus Crew 3-2 on Wednesday night, wrapping up the Supporters Shield — given annually to the team with the best regular-season record.

It was Messi’s 46th major trophy won for club or country, extending his record for the most by any men’s soccer player in history. And it becomes the second he has won with Inter Miami, this Supporters Shield being added to the Leagues Cup trophy the Herons claimed shortly after Messi joined the club in 2023.

Luis Suarez also scored for Inter Miami, which will open the playoffs at home in the final weekend of October to start a best-of-three first round series. If the team wins that series, it would have the right to host every match it plays the rest of the season — an Eastern Conference semifinal (scheduled for Nov. 23 or 24), the East final (Nov. 30 or Dec. 1) and the MLS Cup final on Dec. 7.

(With AP Inputs)