Inter Miami Salvages 1-1 Draw with DC United while Messi sits down with injury

Baltasar Rodriguez scored in the 64th minute when Inter Miami without wounded superstar Lionel Messi a 1-1 draw saved with DC United in their Major League Soccer (MLS) match on Saturday in Washington.

Miami (13-5-7, 46 points) shot on Wednesday for his third victory in eight days, including a 2-1 victory over Tigres Uanl in the quarterfinals of the Leagues Cup on Wednesday.

Jackson Hopkins scored in the 13th minute before United (4-15-9, 21 points), who expanded his Winless Run in MLS to 11. The last United victory came on 31 May.

It was the second straight draw for United and came in the home debut of the new coach Rene Weiler.

United was without his top scorer, Christian Benteke, who served a suspension of one game because of an accumulation of yellow cards.

Miami used an improvised starting line-up in the midst of a busy schedule, with eight changes in the start XI of his Leagues Cup victory. The herons are opposed to Orlando City in a semi -final in a competition cup on Wednesday.

Miami none of his four ex-barcelona players, Messi, Jordi Alba, Sergio Busquets and Luis Suarez, who combined for 27 goals and 36 assists in the MLS this year.

Busquets and Suarez came in the 55th and 63rd minute respectively and Miami helped to control the electricity the rest of the road. The herons own 65.5 percent of the competition and had 11 crosses to one of United.

It was the second consecutive year that fans in the American capital had a chance to see Messi, who came in the day that the MLS led in goals with 19 in so many performances. Messi was also sidelined with a hamstring injury when Miami won in Washington in March last year.

Miami is 2-2-2 this season in MLS Games that Messi missed.

Hopkins put United at the top when he made a matti pelota matti pelota, freed himself for a right -kept explosion from the center of the penalty box, which was just in the left post.

It was the second goal in the career of the 21-year-old, with his first a week ago in the 1-1 draw of United at CF Montreal.

Miami got the equalizer with a spectacular shot in the 64th minute. From outside the penalty box, Rodriguez shot a fading, right foot strike in the top right corner.

It was Rodriguez’s first goal since he signed on loan from Argentinian TopFlight Side Racen in March.

Published on August 24, 2025