Overview
- Messi scored two goals and set up two more, delivering his sixth multi-goal performance in seven matches.
- He provided the assist for Jordi Alba’s equalizer before combining with Alba to create Telasco Segovia’s go-ahead goal.
- Earlier this week, Miami suffered a 3-0 defeat to FC Cincinnati that ended Messi’s streak of five consecutive braces.
- Miami sits fifth in the Eastern Conference, seven points adrift of FC Cincinnati with three games in hand.
- The partnership between Messi and former Barcelona teammate Jordi Alba has been central to Miami’s attacking resurgence.