Sam Surridge, Tai Baribo and Brian White scored targets and Main League Soccer defeated Liga MX of Mexico 3-1 within the MLS All-Star Sport on Wednesday night time.
Lionel Messi and his Inter Miami teammate, Jordi Alba, each face attainable league suspensions for his or her staff’s subsequent match towards Cincinnati on Saturday for lacking the All-Star sport.
Liga MX’s James Rodríguez additionally selected to not play within the sport performed in entrance of greater than 20,000 followers at Q2 Stadium.
MLS has defeated Liga MX 3 times in 4 tries. Final yr Liga MX received 4-1 in Columbus, Ohio. The MLS All-Stars received in 2022 and beat Liga MX on penalty kicks after a 1-1 draw a yr prior.
Messi has but to look in an MLS All-Star Sport. He missed the sport final yr with an damage. Messi is tied with Nashville’s Surridge for the MLS lead in targets with 18.
Surridge scored one other purpose on Wednesday, from the center of the field, heading in to the decrease proper nook a ball directed by LAFC’s Denis Bouanga within the twenty eighth minute.
The chance developed after Bouanga had a point-blank try stopped by Liga MX goalkeeper Luis Malagon (Membership America). Bouanga hustled to retrieve the lengthy rebound and despatched it to Surridge.
Earlier than the purpose, each groups had makes an attempt rejected with diving stops by Luis Malagón and Austin FC’s Brad Stuver within the thirteenth and 18th minutes.
MLS went forward 2-0 within the 51st minute when Diego Rossi (Columbus) handed forward to Baribo (Philadelphia), whose proper footed shot from the middle of the field made it to the decrease left nook of the purpose.
Liga MX closed the hole to 2-1 simply 13 minutes later when Gilberto Mora (Membership Tijuana) transformed a go from Elías Montiel (Pachuca) from the center of the field.
Liga MX’s bid to tie the match was snubbed when a shot by Diber Cambindo (Necaxa) was stopped by Yohei Takaoka (Vancouver) within the seventy fifth minute.
White (Vancouver) completed the scoring within the eightieth minute.