He between miami lived an unforgettable day this Saturday when it was officially announced the signing of Leo Messibut on the field he had another day to forget, as he strung his eleventh game in a row in MLS without knowing a victory, with three draws and eight losses. The pink team, bottom team in the East, fell on the field of St. Louis City, first in the West, 3-0 in the debut of Argentine Gerardo ‘Nana’ Martino as a coach.
Samuel Adeniran and Tim Parker, both headed in from a corner, and Eduard Löwen, who took a superb free kick, signed off the goals for St. Louis City. Inter Miami, which will present Messi this Sunday in a major event at the DRV PNK Stadium, has only 18 points after 22 games (five wins, 14 losses and three draws) and has not won in MLS since last May 13, when they beat the New England Revolution 2-1.
The league will now stop for the Leagues Cup, the new official tournament in which all MLS and Liga MX teams will compete, so Messi’s debut with his new team is expected on Friday, July 21 against Mexican Cruz Azul in this new competition. .
For its part, Los Angeles FC (LAFC), current MLS champions, added a 1-1 draw with Minnesota United. Mexican Carlos Vela scored for LAFC and scored for two consecutive games while Argentine Emanuel Reynoso tied for the Minnesota team, capping a good collective game.
Explosive comeback for an East favorite Cincinnati
The most explosive match of the day was between Cincinnati, first in the East, against Nashville, second in both conferences. The victory went to Cincinnati 3-1 after a duel in which Nashville took the lead on a goal from Walker Zimmerman who took advantage of an error by local goalkeeper Roman Celentano.
However, Cincinnati came back with a penalty from Argentine Luciano Acosta, a goal from Colombian Santiago Arias and another from Aaron Boupendza and also took advantage of the fact that Nashville was left with nine due to the ejections of Taylor Washington and Fafà Picault.
Cincinnati has amassed 11 wins and a draw in 12 home games and enters the MLS break as the favorite to be crowned this year’s MLS Supporters’ Shield, the title that recognizes each year’s best team in the regular season. Acosta also extended his impressive scoring streak and now has 12 goals, just one short of the league’s leading scorer (Hany Mukhtar, with 13 goals).
In addition, Montreal beat Charlotte 2-0, the New England Revolution destroyed DC United 4-0 (Argentinian Gustavo Bou scored a header) and the Philadelphia Union beat New York City 2-1 (some added by Venezuela José Martínez for Philadelphia).
Finally, Brazilian Antônio Carlos, with a powerful header, added a goal for Orlando City’s 1-2 comeback at Atlanta United field by Argentine Thiago Almada as Chicago Fire took three points against Toronto ( 1 -0) with a goal. in the 90th minute from Kacper Przybylko.
Source: La Verdad
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