Inter Miami’s Lionel Messi (proper) fights for the ball with Nashville midfielder Alex Muyl throughout their Main League Soccer match at DRV PNK Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Friday, August 30, 2023. Messi secured the Fifa award for the eighth time in 15 years. (Picture: AFP)
February 26, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Lionel Messi-led Inter-Miami FC are headed to Jamaica to play Cavalier FC within the spherical of 16 within the Concacaf Champions Cup after beating fellow Main League Soccer (MLS) group Sporting Kansas Metropolis 4-1 on mixture of their first-round tie that ended on Tuesday.
Inter-Miami received 3-1 at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale on Tuesday after that they had received the primary leg 1-0 performed in Kansas Metropolis every week earlier.
Cavalier FC will play their first leg in Florida on March sixth earlier than returning residence to host the MLS group at Sabina Park on March 13.
The Nationwide Stadium is not going to be out there because of the repairs being carried out on the all-weather working monitor.
Throughout Tuesday’s match towards Sporting Kansas Metropolis, Messi scored the opening purpose within the nineteenth minute, Tadeo Allende scored within the first minute of time added within the first half and former Uruguayan worldwide Luis Suarez added a 3rd two minutes later.
Memo Rodriquez scored for Sporting KC within the 63rd minute.
Cavalier FC got a bye to the spherical of 16 after profitable the Concacaf Caribbean Cup in December beating Cibao FC of the Dominican Republic and was the fifth-ranked group of the 5 groups that drew a bye.
It will likely be the second straight season the Jamaican Premier League champions shall be enjoying within the prestigious Champions Cup.
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— Paul Reid
