{"id":174814,"date":"2026-03-02T10:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T10:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/174814\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T10:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T10:54:09","slug":"lionel-messi-gets-close-to-900-career-goals-with-brace-vs-orlando-city-how-many-does-he-need-to-tie-cristiano-ronaldo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/174814\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionel Messi gets close to 900 career goals with brace vs Orlando City: How many does he need to tie Cristiano Ronaldo?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lionel Messi secured an important victory in MLS Matchday 2 at the Florida Derby against Orlando City<\/a>, scoring a brace to help Inter Miami to a 4-2 win. With that performance, Messi moved very close to 900 career goals, raising the question: how many does he need to catch Cristiano Ronaldo?<\/p>\n

With the two goals, Messi reached 898 career goals, including a spectacular free kick for the fourth goal<\/a>, putting Inter Miami in control and cementing his impact on the match.<\/p>\n

Messi now trails Cristiano Ronaldo by 67 goals. Ronaldo failed to extend his own scoring record in his latest match against Al Fayha<\/a> from the penalty spot, but they are still proving that both players, despite their age, continue to perform at the highest level.<\/p>\n

Cristiano<\/a> is 35 goals away from reaching a historic milestone of 1,000 career goals. With remaining matches for Al Nassr and Portugal, he appears on track to reach that unprecedented mark.<\/p>\n

\"Lionel<\/p>\n

Lionel Messi of Inter Miami.<\/p>\n

How many goals does Messi need to reach 1,000?<\/p>\n

Messi currently sits at 898 career goals, putting him 102 goals shy of 1,000. With his contract extension at Inter Miami<\/a> through 2028, it seems possible that he could achieve this remarkable milestone.<\/p>\n

\"Lamine<\/p>\n

see also<\/p>\n

Lamine Yamal scores first Barcelona hat-trick at 18: How old was Lionel Messi when he got his first?<\/p>\n

<\/a>Messi\u2019s brace at the Florida Derby<\/p>\n

Messi<\/a>\u2019s first goal came at a crucial moment as Inter Miami pushed for an equalizer in the second half. After receiving a well-placed pass from Telasco Segovia, he created space in the box and fired a precise shot into the net, shifting the momentum and igniting Inter Miami\u2019s comeback.<\/p>\n

His second goal came from a stunning free kick late in the match, moments after drawing a foul. Messi curled a perfectly placed strike that left the goalkeeper with no chance, sealing the comeback and capping a decisive performance for Inter Miami against Orlando City<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lionel Messi secured an important victory in MLS Matchday 2 at the Florida Derby against Orlando City, scoring…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":174815,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[11014,10073,1660,139,4786,141,140],"class_list":["post-174814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-cristiano-ronaldo","tag-inter-miami","tag-lionel-messi","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-city","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}