{"id":401703,"date":"2026-09-16T17:58:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T17:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/401703\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T17:58:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T17:58:12","slug":"inter-miamis-lionel-messi-wins-goal-of-matchday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/401703\/","title":{"rendered":"Inter Miami&#8217;s Lionel Messi wins Goal of Matchday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another week, another AT&amp;T Goal of the Matchday award for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/lionel-messi\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lionel Messi<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/inter-miami-cf\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Inter Miami CF<\/a>&#8216;s legendary Argentine No. 10 claimed the honors for Matchday 26, securing 60.5% of the vote thanks to a trademark left-footed curler during the Herons&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/competitions\/mls-regular-season\/2026\/matches\/miavsnsh-09-12-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2-2 draw<\/a> vs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/nashville-sc\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nashville SC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>2nd place, Carlo Holse (27.3%):\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/st-louis-city-sc\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">St. Louis CITY SC<\/a>&#8216;s summer DP signing helped extend their unbeaten streak to 15 games with a first-time strike into the upper left corner in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/competitions\/mls-regular-season\/2026\/matches\/stlvsmin-09-12-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">4-2 win<\/a> over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/minnesota-united-fc\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Minnesota United<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>3rd place, Antoine Griezmann (9.6%): The French legend is on a heater since joining <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/orlando-city\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Orlando City<\/a>, with seven goals in the last five games, including a lunging left-footed finish during the Lions&#8217;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/competitions\/mls-regular-season\/2026\/matches\/orlvstor-09-12-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">3-0 victory<\/a> over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/toronto-fc\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto FC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>4th place, Nicol\u00e1s Fern\u00e1ndez Mercau (2.6%): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/new-york-city-football-club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York City FC<\/a>&#8216;s Argentine star fired a rocket from outside the box to help\u00a0snap a seven-match winless streak with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/competitions\/mls-regular-season\/2026\/matches\/rslvsnyc-09-12-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2-0 victory<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/real-salt-lake\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Real Salt Lake<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>See all of the nominees <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MLS\/status\/2099528611304771812\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Another week, another AT&amp;T Goal of the Matchday award for Lionel Messi. 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