{"id":167878,"date":"2025-09-25T07:14:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T07:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/167878\/"},"modified":"2025-09-25T07:14:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T07:14:08","slug":"inter-miami-lionel-messi-makes-more-history-in-nycfc-domination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/167878\/","title":{"rendered":"Inter Miami: Lionel Messi makes more history in NYCFC domination"},"content":{"rendered":"

Inter Miami CF<\/a>‘s superstar No. 10 kept a torrid run of form rolling on Wednesday, pouring in 2g\/1a as the Herons clinched<\/a> an Audi 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs spot with a 4-0 rout<\/a> at NYCFC<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The outburst gives Messi 37 goal contributions in 2025 (24g\/13a), making him the first player in MLS history<\/a> to record 35 goal contributions in back-to-back seasons.<\/p>\n

The GOAT is also tied for third all-time in MLS goal contributions in a season with Josef Martinez and Zlatan Ibrahimovic and trails Carlos Vela (49) with five games remaining in the regular season.<\/p>\n

\n Late-season surge<\/p>\n

Messi’s hot streak has coincided with a surge in form for Inter Miami, with Wednesday’s victory marking a third straight for Javier Mascherano’s side.<\/p>\n

Since a 3-0 loss<\/a> at Charlotte FC<\/a> on Sept. 13, the Herons have rattled off victories over Seattle Sounders FC<\/a>, D.C. United<\/a> and New York City to secure a second straight postseason berth, and keep them in striking distance of the Supporters’ Shield.<\/p>\n

Inter Miami (16W-6L-7D; 55 points) still trail FC Cincinnati<\/a> (18W-9L-4D; 58 points) and the Philadelphia Union<\/a> (18W-7L-6D; 60 points) in the Shield race, but have two games in hand on both clubs.<\/p>\n

Messi has tallied 5g\/3a in those last three matches, as the iconic Argentine makes a bid for a second straight Landon Donovan MLS MVP award. Wednesday’s match was Messi’s league-leading eighth multi-goal game this season, which ties him for the most during a season in league history.<\/p>\n

Inter Miami will look to extend their winning streak to four on Saturday, when they take on Eastern Conference foe Toronto FC<\/a> at BMO Field (4:30 pm ET | MLS Season Pass<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Inter Miami CF‘s superstar No. 10 kept a torrid run of form rolling on Wednesday, pouring in 2g\/1a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":167879,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[49,48,567,10884,59211,86447,24855,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-167878","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-inter-miami-cf","11":"tag-lionel-messi","12":"tag-match-reaction","13":"tag-nycvsmia-09-24-2025","14":"tag-sendtonews","15":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}