Inter Miami Tops MLS with Messi Leading the Charge

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00:00Let's start with Inter-Miami, congratulations to Lionel Messi, Busquets, Luis Suarez.

00:08After winning League's Cup last year, they get their first supporter shield.

00:12So they're basically the superlideres, the big dogs in MLS.

00:15There's a team to beat, Francisco, without a doubt.

00:18We had an exciting double matchday this week on MLS.

00:22We'll be talking also about Liga MX, LAFC coming up, Columbus, Miami.

00:29Things are getting really tight, Messi, the libero again, his brace secured the win, Miami

00:34sitting comfortably at the top with 68 points.

00:38They might break the record from LAFC.

00:39It's crazy.

00:40And you know what?

00:41I've been fortunate enough to call some of Evander's great goals with Portland.

00:45Some of them look like Roberto Carlos bending the ball over the wall, but Lionel Messi just

00:50keeps on overshowing.

00:51He's Lionel Messi.

00:53And even then again, Evander might be an MVP candidate, Denis Buanga might be an MVP candidate,

00:58but it just looks like it's Lionel Messi and the rest of the bunch, right?

01:02It is.

01:03It is.

01:04Well, you know, I don't want to discount Columbus because they will be a contendant for the

01:08MLS Cup.

01:09Miami will still have to go through them to get to the championship.

01:13And I think in the playoffs, there'll be a completely different team.

01:16Yeah.

01:17And we talk about the supporters shielding again.

01:18This is a trophy that's awarded to the team that gets more points during the regular season.

01:23Inter-Miami already secures home and field advantage for the final.

01:27So if they make it all the way, the final will be played in sunny South Florida or Lauderdale

01:33to be exact.

01:34Hopefully, Stata today will be there, enjoying the sun rays and the goals.

01:39We're going to move on to the next game.

01:40Which one do you want to talk about?

01:41I would love to talk LAFC, just because back in 2018, I was able to hold that supporters

01:46shield victory.

01:47I looked like Captain America, big disc.

01:50It's heavy.

01:51But you know what?

01:52LAFC, look, I mean, they didn't really do much.

01:54I think St. Louis, even though I was expecting more from them, they did not get to offer

01:58much in terms of attacking in the midfield against LAFC.

02:02But you know what?

02:03What I'm happy about?

02:04An amazing goal from Danny Buanga.

02:05He's 19th out of the season.

02:07He just keeps on impressing everyone.

02:08You know, several weeks of a really bad form, come back with the first U.S. Cup that the

02:13team wins.

02:15Then they come back with back-to-back wins this week.

02:18I think LAFC is starting to get their pieces together.

02:22Let's talk about the return of the king, Carlos Vela.

02:25He's due to come back, hopefully, and I'm guessing that they're working their way up

02:29for him to be a superstar on the playoffs, which will make LAFC really good.

02:33Yeah, hopefully by the end of the season.

02:35It's been nine months, obviously, in terms of the lineup for Carlos Vela.

02:38But you know what?

02:39There's another team that's low-key looking really dangerous.

02:41LA Galaxy is going toe-to-toe with LAFC.

02:46I mean, the dream matchup would be the LA teams facing off in the Western Conference

02:50Finals.

02:51So Galaxy got a huge victory against Colorado.

02:54They did it on the road.

02:55And with that said, they have a six-point advantage over LAFC.

02:58LAFC still has nine points left to play.

03:02They got an pending game against Vancouver that was moved after the U.S. Open Cup.

03:07So I don't know, man.

03:08It looks like Galaxy will take it all.

03:10Galaxy needs to drop points so LAFC can jump into that first seed.

03:15And the only thing that is left is just for LAFC to continue winning those games that

03:20it has on hand, trying to hope for a tie or a loss from Galaxy.

03:28I am confident that we still can get that top spot.

03:30It's going to be an exciting two weeks on our way to Decision Day.

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