#402Career Assist
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MLS Cup#3
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MLS Cup · Quarter-Final2025-11-23 · 17:00:00
0-4
FC Cincinnati
Inter Miami
1G3A
On the club’s biggest stage yet, Messi turned the MLS Cup final against a powerhouse FC Cincinnati side into a masterclass in playmaking, engineering Inter Miami’s first league title. His one goal and three assists felt like a coronation performance, the night he transformed an expansion project into MLS champions and rewrote the club’s ceiling in a single 90 minutes.
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Score
0-1→0-2
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Impact
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Scorer: Mateo Silvetti
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Nov 29Assist Sequence
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