Overview

• Inter Miami improved to 17-7-8 for 59 points, moving into third in the East and sitting three points behind FC Cincinnati for second.
• Tadeo Allende opened the scoring in the 32nd minute from a no-look Messi through ball and added a 60th-minute finish after a Messi-led break.
• Jordi Alba scored in first-half stoppage time off a Messi interception and added Miami's fourth three minutes after Allende's second.
• The win snapped Miami's two-match winless run in wet conditions, with Rocco Rios Novo starting in goal after Oscar Ustari's five-goal outing against Chicago.
• Head coach Javier Mascherano lauded Messi's creativity and influence, highlighting the passes that set the tone and secured the result.