Messi records second half hat trick as Miami cruises to 6-2 win over New England

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Messi records second half hat trick as Miami cruises to 6-2 win over New England  Lionel Messi's hat trick led Inter Miami to a new MLS single-season points record after their 6-2 victory over the visiting New England Revolution on Saturday, October 19, on MLS Decision Day.  Despite not entering the match until the 58th minute, Messi assisted on Benjamin Cremaschi's go-ahead goal just seconds after the superstar forward came off the substitute bench. Messi then scored the final three of Miami's six unanswered goals, after the Herons trailed 2-0 through 39 minutes.  Miami (22-4-8, 74 points) broke the old mark of 73 points, set by the 2021 Revolution squad. With the points record and the Supporters' Shield clinched, the Herons now look to finish the story by capturing the MLS Cup.   SOCCER UNITED MARKETING / REUTERS VIDEO  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net    Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital    Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #TheManilaTimes  #worldnews  #messi  #mlscup

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00:00One more match in the 2024 MLS regular season. Decision day on MLS 360 and what should be a

00:07thrilling MLS decision day. It's an early chance for Luka Langone. Avila second chance and in!

00:15On a day when Miami can set the record, New England strikes first to keep the record.

00:23Made him make that decision to come to Major League Soccer. A little lucky that that ball

00:27deflects from Alvarez on the top of Langone but right in front of Drake Callender, 90 seconds in

00:34it's one nil. Martinez will step forward, Suarez, Nutmegs of Arriaga,

00:41Taylor, Martinez continuing his run, it's Suarez and Suarez!

00:46It took them a while, they find their breakthrough. Luis Suarez's 19th goal of the season

01:01is going to come from and it's not the first two runners, it's the one behind them

01:05and Luis Suarez and a classical finish from a classical number nine. Postseason, here's Suarez

01:14cutting it back, Suarez again!

01:33Yeah but someone explained to me how the number nine on the opposite team, 25 30 yards from goal

01:39can turn with no pressure on the ball for seven to eight yards. This is inexplicable, this is why

01:47the revolution have given up the second most goals in all of MLS. And into the match, the final time

01:54in the regular season, Jordi Alba for Inter Miami cutting inside, first to Messi, back to Jordi Alba

02:03and across and in, instant impact from the greatest of all time!

02:16It doesn't matter

02:20the technical quality is always evident but between the ears he is operating at a level

02:27that has never been seen in the game before him. Diego Maradona, Pelé, Johan Cruyff would all

02:38take a bow to Lionel Messi. Messi and Suarez and Messi again, all around Arriaga, Messi!

02:58He floats into space but watch him lose Arriaga with that little bit of a feint

03:04and was there any doubt that the moment he loses Arriaga with a dip of the shoulder

03:10and cuts it to his left, there is zero chance that ball is going nowhere other than the back of the

03:18Maybe another chance for Messi, he's in, Messi! Oh yeah!

03:23It's a show tonight, it's the cherry on top of the greatest regular season in major league soccer

03:33history. He played in at the right pace in behind but that little bit of a dink he goes in behind

03:41and the revolution back line is in no man's land, the way they've been and where they've been

03:46the entire regular season in MLS deflection. We got into Suarez, Messi, Campana turning,

03:57clicking, Suarez across, Messi! The hat-trick!

04:07His first hat-trick in pink on the final day of the regular season. I can't describe

04:16this pass from Suarez.

04:21The revolution we're leading 2-0, 2-0, six goals later

04:29and in any conversation where you twist and turn yourself into a pretzel trying to convince

04:36yourself. The final seconds, it is over, crown them the best.

04:47Inter Miami have set the record for the most points in a single season in MLS.

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