Argentine forward\u2019s brace included the match winner against Colorado Rapids in front of over 75,000 fans in Denver.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Published On 19 Apr 2026<\/span>19 Apr 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Lionel Messi scored a brace and \u200cGerman Berterame headed another as Inter Miami earned a \u20603-2 win over \u2060the Colorado Rapids in Major League Soccer (MLS) on Saturday in Denver.<\/p>\n Messi scored the go-ahead goal in the 79th minute. He started a run just inside midfield and went \u2060unchallenged until the box, where he blasted into the upper left corner for a 3-2 lead.<\/p>\n list of 4 items<\/span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n Rafael Navarro and Darren Yapi each scored for Colorado (4-4-0, 12 points) in front of 75,824 at Empower Field, the second-largest crowd in MLS history.<\/p>\n Miami (4-1-3, 15 points) took a 1-0 lead in the 18th minute after Colorado goalkeeper Zack Steffen\u2019s pass was intercepted by Yannick Bright. Josh Atencio offered a hard challenge \u200cand was shown a yellow card after video review.<\/p>\n Messi took the resulting penalty and rolled his shot straight down the middle as Miami took a 1-0 lead.<\/p>\n Colorado had a solid look at the goal when midfielder Wayne Frederick attempted a one-touch lob. Miami goalkeeper Dayne St. Clair was out of position and well beyond the penalty arc after heading away a loose ball, but Frederick\u2019s attempt sailed \u2060over the open net.<\/p>\n In the fifth minute of first-half stoppage \u2060time, Miami extended their lead to 2-0, connecting on a series of passes deep in their attacking third. Messi got the run of play started with a tight touch pass to Rodrigo De \u2060Paul.<\/p>\n De Paul sent Mateo Silvetti on a run to the boundary line. His inward-spinning cross floated to the front of \u2060goal, where Berterame rose above the Colorado defence and \u2060tucked a header under the bar.<\/p>\n Navarro\u2019s goal cut Miami\u2019s lead to 2-1. He started a run in midfield and used a step-over move to get an open shot a few steps into the \u200cbox that tucked inside the left post past a diving St. Clair in the 58th minute.<\/p>\n In the 62nd minute, second-half substitute Yapi settled on a direct pass from Lucas \u200cHerrington \u200cand sizzled a shot past St. Clair for the equaliser.<\/p>\n Miami closed the win playing a man down as Yannick Bright was sent off with a red card in the 87th minute.<\/p>\n Argentine forward\u2019s brace included the match winner against Colorado Rapids in front of over 75,000 fans in Denver. Published On 19 Apr 202619 Apr 2026 Lionel Messi scored a brace and \u200cGerman Berterame headed another as Inter Miami earned a \u20603-2 win over \u2060the Colorado Rapids in Major League Soccer (MLS) on Saturday in Denver. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19505,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-us-canada-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19504\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n
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