Lionel Messi Clinches MLS Record, makes two assists while Inter Miami is held by New York – Firstpost

An almost last minute assist of Lionel Messi helped Inter Miami get a draw against New York in his opening match of the 2025 MLS season at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Although Messi did not find his name on the match sheet, he helped the two goals while Javier Mascherano, Coached, Inter Miami was detained by New York in a 2-2 draw.

The first goal was scored by Tomas Aviles for Miami in the fifth minute when Jordi Alba and Messi combined for a delicious game. After a brilliant pass from Alba from the outside found Messi in the box, the 37 -year -old man crossed him so that Viles marks the opener.

With his help for Aviles, Messi has become the fastest player in MLS history to reach 40 contributions to career objectives (21 goals, 19 assists). The Argentine legend only took 26 games to achieve the feat.

Aviles, however, was sent in the 25th minute for an reckless tackle on Alonso Martinez, which led to a free kick that allowed the Mitja Slovenian Ilenic to mark the level.

Messi saves Miami with two assists

Alba then made an error in the second half while the old back of Spain and Barcelona played a rear pass directly to the New York Alonso Martinez striker who gave his team in the 55th minute.

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Messi then had the chance to bring things back to a level, but goalkeeper Matt Freese managed to save his Freekick. However, in the 10th minute of the time to stop, Messi found Telasco Segovia with a brilliantly timed pass while the Venezuelan was beating Freese with a lobed shot to guarantee a draw for Miami.