Messi extends MLS record with double in Miami win
The Argentina forward scored in each half to draw level with Nashville's Sam Surridge at the top of the MLS scoring charts with 16 goals in 16 games.
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Messi has scored twice in each of those five games, starting with wins over Montreal and Columbus in May, before competing at the Club World Cup.
The 38-year-old scored once in four games as Miami reached the Club World Cup last 16, before returning to the MLS with further doubles against Montreal, New England Revolution and now Nashville.
He opened the scoring in Fort Lauderdale with a low free-kick that went through the Nashville wall after 17 minutes.
Hany Mukhtar levelled for the visitors early in the second half, but Messi intercepted a loose pass from Nashville goalkeeper Joe Willis to score what proved to be winner after 62 minutes.
The victory keeps Miami in fifth place in the Eastern Conference but moves them to within five points of leaders of Philadelphia with three games in hand.
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