Luis Suárez also scored twice and Germán Berterame had two assists for Inter Miami, which snapped a five-match winless skid. Miami had four draws and one loss before Saturday’s outburst. Lionel Messi scored two goals to give him a league-leading 23 this season, and Inter Miami beat D.C. United 4-0 on Saturday night. Four days after playing his farewell match that ended a 21-year tenure with the Argentine national team, Messi played the entire 90 minutes. The win was Miami’s first since a 7-1 rout of CF Montreal on Aug. 29. 16.
It was also the first league win for new coach Cristian “Kily” González, who took over Sept.
Inter Miami padded its lead when Messi struck again in the 60th minute. Inter Miami’s first scoring threat resulted in Suarez’s goal three minutes into the match. Suárez received Berterame’s header and beat Johnson with a shot that landed inside the left post. Suárez then tapped in a shot for his brace.
Messi scored his first in the 47th minute after Suarez tallied twice in the first half to give Inter Miami a 2-0 lead at the break. Suárez centered a pass near the 6-yard box, where Messi retrieved it and tapped in a shot inside the right post. He received Rodrigo De Paul’s pass, dribbled inside the large area and eluded two United defenders to beat goalkeeper Sean Johnson with a shot from 12 yards. Suarez made it 2-0 with his second goal in the 39th minute. Johnson deflected Messi’s point-blank shot to an open Berterame, who fed Suárez with another header that he retrieved inside the 6-yard box.
