{"id":59462,"date":"2025-08-10T16:00:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T16:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/59462\/"},"modified":"2025-08-10T16:00:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T16:00:10","slug":"will-lionel-messi-play-projected-lineups-for-orlando-city-vs-inter-miami-in-mls-sunday-night-soccer-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/59462\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Lionel Messi play? Projected lineups for Orlando City vs. Inter Miami in MLS Sunday Night Soccer clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/worldsoccertalk.com\/tag\/orlando-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Orlando City\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Orlando City<\/a> and Inter Miami face off at Inter&amp;Co Stadium in a new edition of the Florida Derby \u2014 without <a href=\"https:\/\/worldsoccertalk.com\/tag\/lionel-messi\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Lionel Messi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Lionel Messi<\/a>, who is still recovering from injury and has been ruled out by coach Javier Mascherano \u2014 but with plenty at stake in the race for the Eastern Conference.<\/p>\n<p>Both teams reached the top four among <a href=\"https:\/\/worldsoccertalk.com\/tag\/mls\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"MLS\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MLS<\/a> clubs in the Leagues Cup \u2014 and could meet again in the semifinals \u2014 so neither side is expected to hold back in this clash, set for Sunday, August 10, at 8 PM ET, as the headline game for MLS Sunday Night Soccer.<\/p>\n<p>The two sides have met 16 times, with Orlando winning 7, <a href=\"https:\/\/worldsoccertalk.com\/tag\/inter-miami\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Inter Miami\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Inter Miami<\/a> taking 5, and 4 ending in draws. Inter Miami has scored 26 goals in the rivalry, while Orlando has netted 25.<\/p>\n<p>Messi remains the all-time top scorer in the derby with 4 goals, followed by Gonzalo Higua\u00edn (Inter Miami) and Nani (Orlando City), each with 3.<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"i-amphtml-intrinsic-sizer\" role=\"presentation\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyBoZWlnaHQ9IjY3NSIgd2lkdGg9IjEyMDAiIHhtbG5zPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnczLm9yZy8yMDAwL3N2ZyIgdmVyc2lvbj0iMS4xIi8+\"\/>   Players to watch <\/p>\n<p>Without Messi \u2014 last season\u2019s MVP, league icon, and main attraction \u2014 the spotlight shifts to Rodrigo De Paul for Inter Miami (1 goal and 2 assists in his first three appearances in pink) and Mart\u00edn Ojeda for Orlando, who is in top form and one of the standout performers in the early stages of the Leagues Cup.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to these key players, the match will also feature big names such as Luis Muriel for the home side, and three former Barcelona stars for Inter Miami: Jordi Alba, Sergio Busquets, and Luis Su\u00e1rez.<\/p>\n<p> Match info <\/p>\n<p>The match will be played on Sunday, August 10, 2025, at 8 PM ET at Inter&amp;Co Stadium, home of Orlando City SC. Fans can watch via MLS Season Pass on Apple TV.<\/p>\n<p> Projected lineups <\/p>\n<p>Orlando City: Pedro Gallese; Dagur Dan \u00de\u00f3rhallsson, Rodrigo Schlegel, Robin Jansson, David Brekalo; C\u00e9sar Ara\u00fajo, Kyle Smith; Marco Pasalic, Mart\u00edn Ojeda, Iv\u00e1n Angulo; Luis Muriel.<\/p>\n<p>Inter Miami: Rocco R\u00edos Novo; Marcelo Weigandt, Tom\u00e1s Avil\u00e9s, Maxi Falc\u00f3n, Jordi Alba; Rodrigo De Paul; Yannick Bright or Federico Redondo, Sergio Busquets, Telasco Segovia; Tadeo Allende and Luis Su\u00e1rez.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Orlando City and Inter Miami face off at Inter&amp;Co Stadium in a new edition of the Florida Derby&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59463,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,10882,10884,39092,561,82],"class_list":["post-59462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-inter-miami","tag-lionel-messi","tag-orlando-city","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59462","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=59462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59462\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}