{"id":470605,"date":"2026-09-21T05:08:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T05:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/470605\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T05:08:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T05:08:16","slug":"match-recap-inter-miami-cf-draws-2-2-against-san-diego-fc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/470605\/","title":{"rendered":"MATCH RECAP: Inter Miami CF Draws 2-2 Against San Diego FC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Inter Miami CF (12W-4L-10D, 46 points) earned a point tonight with a 2-2 draw at home against San Diego FC in MLS regular season action. Goals from captain Leo Messi and striker Luis Su\u00e1rez secured the point for the team this evening at Nu Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>\n      Lineup Notes<\/p>\n<p>Inter Miami took the field with Dayne St. Clair in goal; Facundo Mura, Maximiliano Falc\u00f3n, Casemiro, and Fricio Caicedo formed the back four; Rodrigo De Paul, Yannick Bright, and Mat\u00edas Galarza started in midfield; Messi, Germ\u00e1n Berterame, and Su\u00e1rez led the team in attack.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Notably, midfielder Bright reached 100 appearances for Inter Miami tonight, becoming just the 10th player in Club history to achieve the feat.<\/p>\n<p>\n      Match Action<\/p>\n<p>The visitors opened the scoring in the 12th minute through a goal from Anders Dreyer.<\/p>\n<p>Messi equalized for Inter Miami in the 24\u2019 through a free kick curler from the right that ultimately found the top-left corner. The goal took the Argentine maestro\u2019s tally to 20 as he continues to lead the race for the 2026 MLS Golden Boot.<\/p>\n<p>The 1-1 scoreline held through halftime, followed by a second half which saw Inter Miami attack persistently throughout the 45 minutes in search of a winner.<\/p>\n<p>The hosts&#8217; efforts were rewarded with a goal in the 74th minute. De Paul played a precise threaded ball into space for Su\u00e1rez down the right end of the box, where the legendary Uruguayan forward found the back of the net with a first-time right-footed hit. The goal was Su\u00e1rez\u2019s 13th this regular season, while the assist took De Paul\u2019s tally to 12 this regular season.<\/p>\n<p>San Diego found a late equalizer in the 82nd minute.<\/p>\n<p>Following several chances in attack for Inter Miami in the final stretch, goalkeeper St. Clair pulled off a key intervention in the final play of the match in the 90+6\u2019 to deny a shot from San Diego\u2019s Kieran Sargeant.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n      Next Up<\/p>\n<p>Next, Inter Miami will hit the road to take on the Columbus Crew at ScottsMiracle-Gro Field in Columbus, Ohio next Sunday, Sept. 27 at 7 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Inter Miami CF (12W-4L-10D, 46 points) earned a point tonight with a 2-2 draw at home against San&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":470606,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[88522,185114,11203,87799,74,76,75],"class_list":["post-470605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-match-recap","tag-miavssd-09-20-2026","tag-mls","tag-mls-regular-season","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}