Lionel Messi<\/a> and Inter Miami CF<\/a> booked their spot in the Concacaf Champions Cup<\/a> Round of 16 Tuesday night with a 3-1 win<\/a> (4-1 aggregate) over Sporting Kansas City<\/a> at Chase Stadium.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Messi, Tadeo Allende<\/a> and Luis Su\u00e1rez<\/a> scored the goals that set up a showdown with Jamaican side Cavalier FC early next month in the continental tournament.<\/p>\n The legendary Argentine No. 10 got things started with a vintage goal in the 19th minute, chesting down a pinpoint cross from Su\u00e1rez and rifling a left-footed blast past goalkeeper John Pulskamp<\/a>.<\/p>\n Sporting threatened to equalize, most notably through Dejan Jovelji\u0107<\/a>, but the hosts struck twice in first-half stoppage time through Allende and Su\u00e1rez.<\/p>\n Those tallies made Memo Rodr\u00edguez<\/a>‘s deflected long-range goal in the second half little more than a consolation for Kansas City, as Miami took care of business to move on in CCC play.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u2014 Major League Soccer (@MLS) February 26, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\nGoals<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n
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