Lionel Messi, Inter Miami routed by LAFC in MLS season opener
World • Feb 22
The Inter Miami player began his club’s MLS Cup title defence with a crushing away loss to rivals Los Angeles FC.
David Martinez scored in the first half, Denis Bouanga scored and added an assist in the second and Los Angeles FC completed a 3-0 victory over Lionel Messi and visiting Inter Miami in the teams’ season opener on Saturday night.
Substitute Nathan Ordaz added the final goal for the hosts, who moved the match to Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and drew a crowd of 75,673, the second-largest in Major League Soccer (MLS) history for a regular-season game that was not part of a double-header.
Son Heung-Min provided the final assist on Martinez’s opener for the Los Angeles-based football club, who have lost only twice in 16 games since signing the South Korean star last summer.
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