Messi played well, Suarez scored twice but Inter Miami still failed: Still looking forward to the MLS Cup

On the morning of October 1, Messi played with great effort, scoring a double with Suarez, but Inter Miami still lost painfully to Chicago Fire FC with a score of 3-5. Thereby, ending their hope of defending the Supporters' Shield championship. They can only hope for the MLS Cup.

Messi still leads the MLS scoring charts

After a series of consecutive scoring matches, Messi has failed to score in the last 2 matches, including the match where Inter Miami drew 1-1 with Toronto FC on September 28 (away) and the painful 3-5 loss to Chicago Fire FC at home on October 1. In this match, Messi was extremely active, but still could not help the home team keep hope.

Messi was very active, but still could not help Inter Miami win.

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Chicago Fire FC took an early 2-0 lead thanks to goals from Dje D'Avilla and Jonathan Dean in the 11th and 31st minutes. Before Tomas Aviles reduced the score to 1-2 for Inter Miami in the 39th minute. However, at the end of the first half, they let the opponent increase the gap to 3-1 with a goal scored by Rominigue Kouame in the 43rd minute.

In the second half, Messi's tireless efforts created opportunities for his teammates, thereby enabling veteran striker Suarez to score consecutively in the 57th and 74th minutes to spectacularly equalize the score to 3-3.

It seemed that Inter Miami would rise to win the match in the rain of goals at home at Chase Stadium. But then, when pushing too high to find the goal, their defense made too many mistakes and gaps, allowing Chicago Fire FC to counterattack and score 2 more goals by Reynolds and Brian Gutierrez in the 80th and 83rd minutes to win the match with a score of 5-3.

This painful defeat caused Inter Miami to lose all hope of defending the Supporters' Shield title, as they currently have 56 points after 31 matches, 7 points behind the leading team, Philadelphia Union.

Philadelphia Union has 2 matches left. If they win the upcoming match against New York City FC on October 5, they will win the 2025 Supporters' Shield, increasing the gap with Inter Miami to 10 points (3 matches left).

Messi and Inter Miami only hope for the MLS Cup to win the championship as their goal.

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Inter Miami is currently ranked 4th in the MLS Eastern Conference standings. They have already secured a place in the first round of the MLS Cup, which will take place from October 22 to December 6.

This is the title that Messi and Inter Miami are aiming to win the most in the 2025 season, after winning the Supporters' Shield last season (only counting the MLS season points round). The MLS Cup is also the official and most important title of the American football season.

Meanwhile, despite Messi's lack of goals in recent matches, he is still leading the MLS top scorer list with 24 goals and 11 assists, ahead of Denis Bouanga (of Los Angeles FC) with 23 goals and Sam Surridge (Nashville SC) with 22 goals. If he wins this title, Messi will have the ability to set a historical record, when he is awarded the MLS Player of the Season for the second consecutive time.

Korean star Son Heung-min just arrived at Los Angeles FC in early August, played 8 matches in MLS but has now scored 8 goals and had 2 assists. Son Heung-min and Los Angeles FC have also booked their place in the first round of MLS Cup.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/messi-choi-khong-toi-suarez-lap-cu-dup-nhung-inter-miami-van-that-bai-con-trong-cho-vao-mls-cup-18525100109161056.htm