Overview
- Inter Miami won the decisive third game of the best-of-three first round 4-0 over Nashville SC.
- Lionel Messi opened the scoring with a solo effort in the 10th minute and added a second in the 39th.
- Tadeo Allende sealed the result with quickfire goals in the 73rd and 76th minutes.
- Messi was involved in both of Allende’s second-half finishes after his first-half brace.
- The club advances to the quarterfinals for the first time after exiting in the opening round last season.