Overview
- Inter Miami beat Nashville 3-1 at home in Game 1 of the best-of-three first-round MLS playoff series.
- Messi scored in the 19th minute and again in second-half stoppage time, with Luis Suárez assisting the opener.
- Tadeo Allende headed in Miami's second from a right-sided cross by Fray.
- Hany Mukhtar converted a late free kick for Nashville deep into stoppage time.
- Miami can advance with a win in the upcoming away match in Nashville, otherwise the series would return to Fort Lauderdale for a decider.