Do you prefer big names delivering in big moments or young stars supplying late-game theatrics? Either way, the Matchday 2 Team of the Matchday presented by Audi has you covered.<\/p>\n
\n Full team (3-4-3, left to right)<\/p>\n
Starters: Rafael Cabral (RSL) – Osaze Urhoghide (DAL), Lucas Herrington (COL), Tayvon Gray (NYC) – Telasco Segovia (MIA), Mark Delgado (LAFC), Thomas M\u00fcller (VAN), Anders Dreyer (SD) – Dejan Jovelji\u0107 (SKC), Jo\u00e3o Klauss (LA), Lionel Messi (MIA)<\/p>\n
Coach: Javier Mascherano (MIA)<\/p>\n
Bench: Drake Callendar (MIN), Justin Che (RBNY), Adri Mehmeti (RBNY), Zavier Gozo (RSL), Jamar Ricketts (SJ), Mateo Silvetti (MIA), Kelvin Yeboah (MIN), Christian Ram\u00edrez (ATX), Marcus Ingvartsen (SD)<\/p>\n
\n Team highlights<\/p>\n
Back-to-back Landon Donovan MLS MVP Lionel Messi<\/a> (2g) makes his first 2026 Team of the Matchday appearance alongside Inter Miami CF<\/a> teammate Telasco Segovia<\/a> (1g\/2a) after the pair, aided by inspired halftime adjustments from head coach Javier Mascherano, mounted a thrilling second-half comeback to down Florida Derby rivals Orlando City<\/a>, 4-2<\/a>, on Sunday Night Soccer presented by Continental Tire.<\/p>\n Thomas M\u00fcller<\/a> similarly delivered derby delight for Vancouver Whitecaps FC<\/a> with a brace en route to a 3-0 victory<\/a> over Canadian rivals Toronto FC<\/a>.<\/p>\n Jo\u00e3o Klauss<\/a> did the same for LA Galaxy<\/a> in their 3-0 home win<\/a>\u00a0over Charlotte FC<\/a>, netting two goals in three minutes to put the game out of reach early. Sporting Kansas City<\/a> striker Dejan Jovelji\u0107<\/a> completed the quartet of braces in a back-and-forth 2-2 draw<\/a> with the Columbus Crew<\/a>.<\/p>\n Reigning MLS Newcomer of the Year Anders Dreyer<\/a> also earned his first Team of the Matchday starting XI selection of the season in San Diego FC<\/a>\u2019s 2-0 triumph<\/a> over St. Louis CITY SC<\/a>, registering 1g\/1a to become the second-fastest player in MLS history to record 20g\/20a.<\/p>\n Mark Delgado<\/a> led LAFC<\/a> to their first away win against Houston Dynamo FC<\/a> since 2019, netting a long-range golazo before assisting the insurance tally in the 2-0 triumph<\/a>.<\/p>\n By the same scoreline, Lucas Herrington<\/a> helped the Colorado Rapids<\/a> secure a 2-0\u00a0win<\/a> over the Portland Timbers<\/a> at both ends of the pitch, matching his 96% passing accuracy with a towering header to double the lead.<\/p>\n Osaze Urhoghide<\/a> also notched a clean sheet with double-digit defensive contributions to ensure FC Dallas<\/a> earned a point in a 0-0 draw<\/a> with Nashville SC<\/a>.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Tayvon Gray<\/a> provided the drama during New York City FC<\/a>\u2019s 2-1 victory<\/a> at Philadelphia<\/a>, overcoming an 89th-minute Union equalizer with his 99th-minute game-winning header.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Do you prefer big names delivering in big moments or young stars supplying late-game theatrics? Either way, the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":175918,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1654,79598,79587,17153,79588,79589,83200,17149,79590,5429,77574,25438,79591,1660,43214,83197,83199,123,125,124,79592,38167,79600,83196,79599,83195,79593,14243,79594,17162,79601,4959,79595,79596,79581,83198,83167,10193,39449,4798,79597],"class_list":["post-175917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-anders-dreyer","tag-atxvsdc-03-01-2026","tag-chivsmtl-02-28-2026","tag-colorado-rapids","tag-colvspor-02-28-2026","tag-dalvsnsh-02-28-2026","tag-dejan-joveljic","tag-fc-dallas","tag-houvslafc-02-28-2026","tag-inter-miami-cf","tag-joao-klauss","tag-la-galaxy","tag-lavsclt-02-28-2026","tag-lionel-messi","tag-los-angeles-football-club","tag-lucas-herrington","tag-mark-delgado","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-minvscin-02-28-2026","tag-new-york-city-football-club","tag-orlvsmia-03-01-2026","tag-osaze-urhoghide","tag-phivsnyc-03-01-2026","tag-rafael-cabral","tag-rbnyvsne-02-28-2026","tag-real-salt-lake","tag-rslvssea-02-28-2026","tag-san-diego-fc","tag-sdvsstl-03-01-2026","tag-sendtonews","tag-sjvsatl-02-28-2026","tag-skcvsclb-02-28-2026","tag-sporting-kansas-city","tag-tayvon-gray","tag-team-of-the-matchday","tag-telasco-segovia","tag-thomas-muller","tag-vancouver-whitecaps-fc","tag-vanvstor-02-28-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175917","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=175917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}