Lionel Messi scored his fifth goal and added an assist and Luis Suárez tapped in the winner in the 71st minute as Inter Miami CF defeated Sporting Kansas City 3-2 in front of the third-largest crowd in MLS history. (More Football News)
After a defensive mistake by Sporting KC, Suarez converted Dieg﷽o Gómez's crossing pass inside the 6-yard box for the lead♓. It was Suárez's sixth of the season.
Many of the 72,610 who filled Arrowhead Stadium to see Messi weren't disappointed as he delivered deft passes to create 🥀scoring chance💮s.
With Inter Miami CF (4-2-3) trailing 1-0 in the 18th minute, Messi assisted on Gomez's first-touch righ𒁏t-footer in the middle of the box to tie it.
Messi's left-footed blast from th๊e top of the penalty arc pushed Miami in front 2-1 in the 51st minute. It was his fourth straight MLS game with a goal.
Messi had an excellent chance in the 27th minute on a left-footer from 12 yards, but it was smothered 🅰by Kansas City's Tim Melia.
Messi's free kick in the 41st minute ಌfrom 25 yards barely missed w𓃲ide right.
Erik Thommy opened the scoring for Sporting KC (2-2-4) in the sixth minute on a 16-yard strike. He scored again in the 58th minute on a rebound off Daniel Salloi's corner kick to tie it at 2⭕. Thommy's goals were his second and third of the season — and first s🔯ince opening day.
The crowd was 20,000 larger th🔴an the previous Sporting KC record set in 2010 during a f🥀riendly against Manchester United.
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Inter Miami FC: hosts Nashville SC on April 20.
Sporting KC: hosts St. Louis City SC on April 20.
