Lionel Messi signed his second consecutive double in the MLS this Saturday against the New England Revolution (4-1) and became the top scorer in the league with the leader Inter Miami, in a day marked by the visit of Florentino Pérez, president from Real Madrid, to Austin on the occasion of the duel against the Los Angeles Galaxy.
The United States soccer Saturday saw Inter Miami reinforce its leadership in the East of the MLS with 21 points in eleven games, while Real Salt Lake caught up with the Galaxy in command of the West.
Inter Miami added its second consecutive victory and did so at the hands of Messi who increased his streak of consecutive games scoring in the MLS to six.
The Argentine surpassed the Colombian Cristian 'Chicho' Arango and is now the top scorer in the American league with nine goals. In addition, he gave Luis Suárez the assist for the final 4-1 after Benjamín Cremaschi scored the third goal for Gerardo 'Tata' Martino's team.
Suárez, who started as a substitute with Ecuadorian Leonardo Campana as a starter, has seven goals in MLS.
Inter Miami leads the table with 21 points, three ahead of Cincinnati, which beat the Colorado Rapids 2-1 with a great goal from Argentine Lucho Acosta. Last season's MVP has four goals and five assists this season.
For its part, the Columbus Crew, the current MLS champion, remains stuck and drew 0-0 at home against Montreal. It was their fifth consecutive draw and they are in fifth position, six points behind Inter Miami.
The New York Red Bulls dropped to third place, after a 1-1 draw at home against the Vancouver Whitecaps, in a match decided by goals from Brian White for the Canadians and Lewis Morris for the New Yorkers.
Additionally, Mexican Alan Pulido scored his third goal of the season with Sporting Kansas City, but his team lost 1-2 at Minnesota United.
Florentino Pérez, president of Real Madrid, also joined the soccer day, who went to Austin this Saturday and was present at the match between Austin and the Los Angeles Galaxy, after being in Dallas on Saturday for the playoff match. ' of the NBA between Slovenian Luka Doncic's Mavericks and the Los Angeles Clippers.
Florentino received an Austin shirt with the name 'Pérez' and the number 24 and greeted the players as they took the field for the warm-up.
The day before, Florentino Pérez was in Dallas, where he exchanged a heartfelt hug with Doncic, who played for Real Madrid basketball from 2014 to 2018 before making the leap to the NBA.
Austin knocked down the Galaxy, who came into this event as leaders of the West, with goals from Chilean Diego Rubio and Colombian Jader Obrian.
Always in the West, Cristian Arango could not score with Real Salt Lake, but he was able to assist his compatriot Andrés Gómez in his team's 2-1 victory at the Philadelphia Union field. RSL is now leader of the table along with the Galaxy themselves.
