Cheers sprung up in pockets throughout the crowd of 72,000 – with D.C. United briefly relocating from Audi Field to the M&T Bank Stadium home of the Baltimore Ravens NFL franchise.
Inter Miami got over the line, picking up three precious points, with Canada international goalkeeper St. Clair telling reporters afterwards of claiming victory in front of a friendly atmosphere: “It’s definitely nice to be able to go to away stadiums and know that you probably have more supporters than the actual home team. Obviously that won’t be the case in every single stadium. I think it was definitely a case tonight.”
Rodrigo De Paul put the Herons on their way when he opened the scoring in the 17th minute, with fellow countryman Messi chipping in 10 minutes later. Tai Baribo halved that deficit 15 minutes from the end, but there was to be no late drama.