Messi scores again but Inter Miami surrender lead in San Diego draw
Lionel Messi scored his 101st goal for Inter Miami, but the club drew 2-2 with San Diego after Anders Dreyer struck twice. Miami remain 11 points behind Eastern Conference leaders Nashville with eight regular-season matches left, according to AFP.
Lionel Messi scored for Inter Miami, but the club were held to a 2-2 draw by San Diego on Sunday in Florida, according to AFP. The result left Miami 11 points behind Nashville at the top of Major League Soccer’s Eastern Conference, with eight regular-season games remaining. San Diego forward Anders Dreyer scored both of his side’s goals.
Dreyer opened the scoring after 12 minutes, chipping goalkeeper Dayne St. Clair after receiving a pass from Jeppe Tverskov. Messi equalised in the 24th minute with a free-kick that went through a crowded penalty area and entered via the post.
It was his 101st goal for Miami. Miami controlled much of the possession and created further chances through Messi, Luis Suarez and Rodrigo De Paul. Suarez put the hosts ahead in the 74th minute after De Paul supplied him near the area.
San Diego levelled late when Tverskov again found Dreyer with a pass over the defence, allowing the Danish forward to finish. St. Clair then denied Kieran Sargeant in stoppage time as San Diego threatened to take all three points.
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