Luis Suarez came off the bench and scored twice to help Inter Miami, without the injured Lionel Messi, beat D.C. United 3-1 in Major League Soccer on Saturday. Suarez continued his prolific start to MLS, scoring his sixth goal in seven games in all competitions for the South Florida club. Miami has failed to win its past seven games without Messi, a streak dating back to September, but despite that record, coach Gerardo Martino has added Suarez and Jordi Aal Ba stayed on the bench.
Jared Stroud gave D.C. United the lead as he collected a pass from Mateusz Kilch and fired his first-time shot past Derek Cullen. Drake Callender.
However, the lead only lasted 10 minutes as Leonardo Campana, who replaced Suarez, led Miami’s attack and Alex Bono saved a header but failed in DC After the clearance, Federico Redondo handed the ball over to him.
Busquets delivered a brilliant cross-field pass to Robert Taylor from the left, but his low shot hit the outside of the post on the stroke of half-time.
Uruguayan Suarez came on in the 62nd minute and the 37-year-old ended the game.
After only 10 minutes on the field, Suarez completed a wonderful shot, receiving a low pass from Campana at the back post.
Miami’s powerful Paraguayan midfielder Diego Gomez then picked up the ball in midfield, broke forward and found Suarez, who was initially blocked.
But Suarez found space for Bono’s chip but was unable to prevent the cross.
D.C. United sent Pedro Santos off in the final minute after bringing down substitute Shanid Berglin.
Martino said Suarez’s performance went exactly as he planned.
“We talked about him having half an hour and he defined the game,” the Argentine coach said.
“One of the tasks of the coach for these players is to convince them when to stop and when to give themselves a break rather than risk injury.
“I try to get them to contribute not only when they play 90 minutes, but when they play less, and boy did he do that today.”
Martino said Messi’s back leg injury was being dealt with “on a week-to-week basis” and declined to say whether he was likely to feature in Argentina’s upcoming friendlies.
“Obviously the aim is to get him to the quarter-finals of the CONCACAF Champions League. We are not taking any risks,” he said.
Miami will face Mexican club Monterrey in regional play on April 3.
Fire destroys Montreal
In Chicago, Kaelin Acosta scored a stunning wind-assisted winner from just inside his own half in stoppage time to help the home team beat Montreal 4-3.
Canada led 3-2 at the end of regular time, but Belgian player Hugo Kuupers equalized for the Flames in the fifth minute of stoppage time.
Then, in the final nine minutes of injury time, Acosta controlled the ball inside his own half and fired a long ball into the penalty area, into a freak gust of wind, past stranded Montreal goalkeeper Jonathan Sirois. .
Defending champion Columbus Crew extended their unbeaten season with a 3-0 win over the New York Red Bulls thanks to goals from Colombian Cujo Hernandez, Jason Russell Rowe and Aiden Morris ’s start.
Los Angeles FC, the 2022 MLS champions, are without a win since the opening day of the season after losing 2-0 to improving Minnesota United.
New Minnesota head coach Eric Ramsey made a perfect debut after joining the club from Manchester United, sealing victory with goals from Robin Lord and South African Bongekule Hlongwane.
Minnesota remains undefeated so far this season, winning three of its first four games and drawing one.
Phil Neville’s positive start as head coach of the Portland Timbers ended with a 0-1 loss to the Houston Dynamo.
After losing their previous three games, New York City beat John Herdman’s Toronto 2-1 for the first time of the season despite Keaton Parks being sent off in the 68th minute. Lose.
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