Messi, Nashville and Inter Miami
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Lionel Messi extended his historic streak to five straight multi-goal games, and Inter Miami snapped Nashville SC’s 15-match unbeaten streak with a 2-1 win on Saturday night. Miami (11-3-5) won its fifth straight match and moved to fifth in the Supporter’s Shield standings as it aims to win the title for the second-straight season.
Lionel Messi rest? Not a chance. Not when Inter Miami is on a roll and playing a home game against one of the hottest teams in Major League Soccer. Messi, who played 90-plus minutes in the previous 14 games,
Injury-hit Vancouver fell to the Galaxy, leaving the door open for Nashville to take top spot in ESPN's MLS Power Rankings.
Due to their roles in the mass confrontation, Nashville SC defender Jeisson Palacios and midfielders Hany Mukhtar and Patrick Yazbek, and Philadelphia defenders Kai Wagner and Olivier Mbaizo and midfielder Indiana Vassilev have been issued an undisclosed fine for inciting and/or escalating a mass confrontation.