Overview
- Inter Miami turned a 1-1 match into a 7-1 rout Saturday at Nu Stadium, with Lionel Messi scoring four goals and supplying one assist to finish directly involved in five of the seven goals.
- Casemiro opened the scoring with his first goal for Miami and Luis Suárez and 18-year-old rookie Alexander Shaw also scored as Miami set a franchise single-game record with seven goals.
- Messi’s haul moved him into contention for the MLS Golden Boot, with outlets reporting he now leads or shares the lead in the league scoring race after the match.
- The win snapped Miami’s five-game winless stretch, lifted the club into second place in the Eastern Conference, and halted a poor run that followed the World Cup break.
- CF Montréal remain near the bottom of the East after the heavy loss, underscoring defensive struggles that allowed Miami to finish the match with an unusually high goal total.