Inter Miami 3-1 Seattle Sounders: Messi and Alba shine with goal and assist

Game is over and the final score is Inter Miami 3-1 Seattle Sounders. Messi and Alba shine with goal and assist.

Match Report

Just 16 days after their Leagues Cup final defeat to the Sounders, Jordi Alba, Lionel Messi and Ian Fray got on the scoresheet to help Miami move within eight points of Eastern Conference leaders the Philadelphia Union with three games in hand.

The hosts opened the scoring after 12 minutes through Alba. Yannick Bright and Messi dispossessed Cristian Roldan in the attacking half and the Argentinian forward drove to the edge of the box before putting the ball on a plate for Alba to finish.

Messi then struck the woodwork on the half-hour mark before doubling the lead four minutes before the break. Bright once again regained possession before playing Alba down the left wing, and the Spaniard found Messi in the middle with a low cross that the captain was able to slide home.

Stefan Frei managed to deny Messi from getting a second two minutes later, punching the ball around the post from the forward's dragged effort, but was unable to stop Fray's powerful header from Rodrigo De Paul's corner six minutes into the second half.

Seattle had their chances in the second period, with Osaze De Rosario missing a great opportunity from 10 yards out, but they did get what turned out to be a consolation goal in the 69th minute as Obed Vargas finished past Oscar Ustari with a first-time shot from Jordan Morris' cutback.

Match Events

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12' GOAL! Inter Miami CF 1-0 Seattle Sounders (Jordi Alba)

16' Highlight from Inter Miami CF vs Seattle Sounders

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41' GOAL! Inter Miami CF 2-0 Seattle Sounders (Lionel Messi)

44' Match Event for Inter Miami CF vs Seattle Sounders

52' GOAL! Inter Miami CF 3-0 Seattle Sounders (Ian Fray)

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69' GOAL! Inter Miami CF 3-1 Seattle Sounders (Obed Vargas)

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78' Highlight from Inter Miami CF vs Seattle Sounders

Line-ups

Inter Miami CF XI: Óscar Ustari, Messi, Alba, Busquets, De Paul, Maximiliano Falcón, Tadeo Allende, Gonzalo Luján, Ian Fray, Noah Allen, Yannick Bright

Subs: Marcelo Weigandt, Rocco Ríos Novo, Ryan Sailor, Santiago Morales, Dániel Pintér, Mateo Silvetti

Seattle Sounders XI: Stefan Frei, Kee-hee Kim, Yeimar Gómez Andrade, Cristian Roldán, Nouhou, Jesús Ferreira, Osaze De Rosario, Obed Vargas, Paul Rothrock, Kalani Kossa-Rienzi, Georgi Minoungou

Subs: Albert Rusnák, Jordan Morris, Danny Musovski, Álex Roldán, Danny Leyva, Reed Baker-Whiting, Andrew Thomas, Jackson Ragen, Snyder Brunell