{"id":270592,"date":"2026-05-14T08:08:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T08:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/270592\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T08:08:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T08:08:21","slug":"explained-why-lionel-messi-saw-hat-trick-goal-for-inter-miami-cancelled-in-thrilling-mls-win-over-cincinnati","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/270592\/","title":{"rendered":"Explained: Why Lionel Messi saw hat-trick goal for Inter Miami cancelled in thrilling MLS win over Cincinnati"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This decision leaves Messi\u2019s official career hat-trick tally frozen at 60, keeping him six behind his long-time rival Cristiano Ronaldo, who currently leads the all-time charts with 66. Nevertheless, the veteran forward&#8217;s statistics remain staggering, with his 2026 MLS campaign now boasting 11 goals and four assists in just 12 appearances. As Argentina prepares for a World Cup title defence this summer, Messi\u2019s overall career total stands at an incredible 909 goals and 411 assists across 1,153 competitive matches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This decision leaves Messi\u2019s official career hat-trick tally frozen at 60, keeping him six behind his long-time rival&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":270593,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[17158,35331,5429,10133,8003,123,125,124],"class_list":["post-270592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-fc-cincinnati","tag-fc-cincinnati-vs-inter-miami-cf","tag-inter-miami-cf","tag-l-messi","tag-major-league-soccer","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270592","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=270592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}