There have been a number of standout gamers in Main League Soccer this week, however as soon as once more, it was Lionel Messi who stole the present.
The 38-year-old guided Inter Miami to a 2-1 win over Nashville SC, scoring each objectives.
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Lionel Messi — Inter Miami
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Miami got here into the match six factors behind Nashville within the Jap Convention, having performed three fewer matches.
Lower than 20 minutes in, Messi opened the scoring with a well-placed free-kick which slid previous the goalkeeper’s outstretched arms and nestled into the bottom-left nook.
Following Nashville’s equaliser, Messi intercepted a move from the goalkeeper and scored his sixteenth league objective of the season, placing him joint-top of the MLS golden boot race.
The Argentine is arguably having fun with the very best type of his Inter Miami profession, scoring a brace in every of his final 5 MLS matches, setting a league report.
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This week, nonetheless, Messi’s output was matched by Anders Dreyer who scored a brace of his personal in San Diego’s 2-1 win over the Chicago Hearth.
Dreyer leads the league with 26 objective contributions, propelling San Diego to the highest of the Western Convention of their first MLS season.
Whereas Dreyer’s brace towards Chicago proved simply as decisive, it’s Messi’s free-kick and unimaginable consistency that give him the sting.
Nonetheless, given Messi and Dreyer’s performances, it is going to be fascinating to see how the MLS MVP race unfolds.
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