MLS: Messi, Miami frustrated in the toronto stalemate

The Scorestreak of Lionel Messi came to an end on Saturday when Inter Miami a 1-1 draw was held in their Major League Soccer collision with Toronto FC.

Argentina Superstar Messi had entered the game on Saturday in Toronto in a sizzling form, and took five goals in his previous three performances for Miami.

But although the 38-year-old achieved a series of promising openings, an excellent performance by Toronto goalkeeper Sean Johnson prevented him from expanding his recent goals.

Miami, which has already booked his berth after the season, appeared on the race for all three points on BMO Field after Tadeo Allende went home a Jordi Alba Cross in the first half of the stop time to raise Inter 1-0.

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But the suspect defense of Miami was again exposed in the second half, with a series of blunders that Djordje Mihailovic arranged, an equalizer from close by who made 1-1 in the 60th minute.

Miami pushed relentlessly on a winner, but Johnson produced two beautiful rescues to deny shots of Messi.

Messi continues to lead the MLS scor cards with 24 goals in 23 games.

Inter -Coach Javier Mascherano said that Toronto goalkeeper Johnson had been the difference between the two teams.

«I think we deserved to win, we had the most real chances during the game, maybe we had 10-15 minutes in the second half that we had a bit of confusion, but at the end we had the game under control,» said Mascherano. “I think their keeper was the man of the game.

«It is difficult because we came here to win. We wanted to go in the rankings, but we have to go further. We have more four games, so we will try to win all games and try to end as high as possible.»

The draw leaves Miami in third place in the Eastern Conference with 56 points – four points behind leaders Philadelphia – but with a competition in hand.

Published on September 28, 2025