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Lionel Messi, Inter Miami routed by LAFC in MLS season opener

World • Feb 22
Lionel Messi, Inter Miami routed by LAFC in MLS season opener
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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