Sporting Kansas City vs. Inter Miami CF _ Historic crowd! 72k+ In Attendance _ Full Match Highligh

MLS SOCCER 360
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Fontas returns the 11 against his former teammates Alva Busquets-Messi from Barcelona in 2011.
26 players used by Tata Martino in MLS play. That is more than any other team
in Major League Soccer. Grasso-Ruiz will force the tempo.
And underway at Arrowhead in front of more than 70,000. A record crowd at Sporting Kansas City
against Inter-Miami. Kansas City in their sporting blue. Inter-Miami in their black and pink. An
Inter-Miami team coming off of a loss in the CONCACAF Champions Cup on Wednesday. A Sporting
Kansas City team coming off a draw that felt like a loss. Up 3-0 at home to Portland and drawing
that game. Take the sting out of the game and then show his quality with going forward. There
were times when Messi wasn't playing. He missed four games with an injury where Alva was kind
of taking that role. This is taken away by Leibold. Over to Tommy. Tommy! Six minutes in.
Sensational from Sporting. A lot of credit here because he follows Wagon through the middle
and puts on the pressure. Immediately winning possession and then he finds Eric Tommy. But the
overlap just opens up the gap a little bit for Eric Tommy to bury this ball. Back post. Inter-Miami
may have the names, they may have the stars, but they leave you chances. It could have really
sealed things for Kansas City and then kind of led to the downfall for them in that match.
Wonderful ball from Messi to Gomez. Foot of Lionel Messi and the right one of Diego Gomez. It's 1-1.
Some verticality from either Suarez or Messi but when you can play into the feet of Messi here.
Now you time to run from 35-40 yards away. The timing's perfect. The pass is perfect.
And the finish right on cue. Diego Gomez and Inter-Miami tie this 1-1. Diego Gomez's
second goal of the season and the wonderful ball from Jordi Alba as well to bring it down.
He was looking for that cutback to Messi towards the head of Messi and unable to put it on frame.
It's ridiculous. So fullbacks for Inter-Miami were out of position in transition.
Just brilliant from Cruz Cuts. Here they come again. Jordi Alba. Suarez locked it to his right
but he holds on and makes the save. Everybody on their feet and they all had Messi just wide with
Melia sprawling to his left. Spinning around in towards Pulido. It's going to make its way to
Calander. He did the hard part. Now Gressel. Wagon. Chance to cross over Gomez. He almost
got there. Makes its way to Suarez. It was bending. Melia goes down and holds on. Get him
in the hectic game. Get the game unsettled. That works in Sporting Kansas City's favor.
Huygens into Messi. Busquets leaves it for Messi. Sending it over to Jordi Alba.
Has Gomez and Suarez in the middle. Suarez the option. Suarez on his left. Cutting it back behind
Gomez and nobody there. Let's him rival. He gives it away right to Busquets. Ruiz and Messi. Messi!
All the way here from Sporting Kansas City. Watch Lionel Messi just float. Get into the space.
No pressure on him whatsoever. And how about that hit? The quality. The technique.
Tim Melia pick it out of the back of the net. It's 2-1. Lionel Messi in inner Miami.
Sometimes they like Pulido to make that run. I'm wondering if Rosero becomes that guy because of
the win. Salieri into the near post. Suarez the defensive ender. Tommy the way! Sensational style! 2-2.
Luis Suarez does exactly what he's told to do. Just cover that near post. But it's the second
phase here. Jordi Alba too slow to react. And Eric Tommy with a wonderful finish
in the first half. Says drink calendar. Hold my beer. How's this second one? It's 2-2 in front
of 72,000 here in Kansas City, Missouri. Gomez takes it off of Davis. Gomez appreciating this.
But there's no reason for Tim Melia who's got the ball on his feet to roll it out to Jake Davis
who's got all of a sudden pressure on him. This ball's got to be played 50 yards over.
He does it. Diego Gomez reacts for his entire life 489 times. Luis Suarez in the right spot
at the right time. 3-2. These teams know each other pretty well. As Messi drives forward
flicking it over to Suarez. Suarez clipping it in. Looks like he was kind of caught in between
two minds of having a go and trying to find the run. They don't look desperate. No. Live hold.
That took a deflection. Polito flicking it on. Hernandez and another deflection just wide.
They get a corner out of it. Sergio Busquets is asking Victor Rivas for the final whistle.
There it is. Enter Miami breaks their winless streak in front of 72,000 at Arrowhead.
They take down Sporting Kansas City 3-2.
