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12 hours ago
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Messi in top form, but Inter Miami faces Columbus Crew on Saturday with depleted roster
Inter Miami forward Lionel Messi (10) celebrates with teammates Sergio Busquets (5) and Federico Redondo (55) after scoring during the first half of an MLS match against CF Montréal at Chase Stadium on Wednesday, May 28, 2025, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Inter Miami forward Lionel Messi (10) reacts after scoring a goal against CF Montréal in the first half of their MLS match at Chase Stadium on Wednesday, May 28, 2025, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Inter Miami forward Lionel Messi (10) celebrates with his teammates after scoring a goal against CF Montréal in the first half of their MLS match at Chase Stadium on Wednesday, May 28, 2025, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Inter Miami forward Lionel Messi (10) reacts after scoring a goal against CF Montréal in the second half of their MLS match at Chase Stadium on Wednesday, May 28, 2025, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Inter Miami forward Lionel Messi (10) reacts after scoring a goal against CF Montréal in the second half of their MLS match at Chase Stadium on Wednesday, May 28, 2025, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Inter Miami forward Lionel Messi (10) celebrates with teammates Sergio Busquets (5) and Federico Redondo (55) after scoring during the first half of an MLS match against CF Montréal at Chase Stadium on Wednesday, May 28, 2025, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Inter Miami forward Lionel Messi (10) reacts after scoring a goal against CF Montréal in the first half of their MLS match at Chase Stadium on Wednesday, May 28, 2025, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Inter Miami forward Lionel Messi (10) celebrates with his teammates after scoring a goal against CF Montréal in the first half of their MLS match at Chase Stadium on Wednesday, May 28, 2025, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Inter Miami forward Lionel Messi (10) reacts after scoring a goal against CF Montréal in the second half of their MLS match at Chase Stadium on Wednesday, May 28, 2025, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Inter Miami, eager to build on a midweek victory and head into June on a high note after a miserable May, will be forced to play with a depleted roster against perennial power Columbus Crew at Chase Stadium on Saturday. In addition to the loss of defensive midfielder Yannick Bright, who is out indefinitely with a hamstring injury, Miami lost left back Jordi Alba and center backs Gonzalo Lujan and Tomas 'Toto' Aviles to injury during Wednesday's 4-2 win against Montreal. Advertisement Alba and Lujan have unspecified leg muscle injuries and Aviles hurt his ankle. Coach Javier Mascherano said there is no timetable for their return. The team is off for FIFA break after Saturday's game and returns to action June 14 for the opening match of the Club World Cup against Egyptian team Al Ahly at Hard Rock Stadium. Miami's defense has been shaky of late, giving up 15 goals over the past five games, so the loss of those four players is particularly costly. Maxi Falcon and David Martinez, who finished the game at center back on Wednesday, are likely starters with Ian Fray at right back and Noah Allen on the left. 'Clearly, we have a very long list of injuries,' Mascherano said Friday. 'I would love to have a crystal ball to know when they'll be back. For sure they cannot play this weekend. Then we have two weeks, and, although I am not a doctor, we think a few of them can recover by then. And then, we hope the players who are leaving for national team duty come back healthy, as well.' Advertisement Lionel Messi was called up by Argentina for World Cup qualifiers against Chile on June 5 and Colombia on June 10. Telasco Segovia was called up by Venezuela for World Cup qualifiers against Bolivia on June 6 and Uruguay on June 10. Haiti invited Fafa Picault for World Cup qualifiers against Aruba on June 7 and Curacao on June 10. Benja Cremaschi will be with the U.S. Under-20 national team in Egypt for a camp and friendlies against Colombia on June 7 and Egypt on June 10. But first, it has a difficult game on Saturday against the Crew (7:30 p.m., Apple TV). Columbus last year won the Leagues Cup, reached the final of the Champions Cup, and like Miami, fell short in the playoffs. Also, like Miami, the Crew is in a bit of a slump, heading into this game on a five-game winless streak with four ties and a loss. Columbus is in fourth place in the Eastern Conference with 28 points. Inter Miami is in sixth place with 26 points and has a game in hand on the top nine teams in the conference. Advertisement A victory Saturday would allow Miami to leapfrog the Crew in the standings. 'We want to play a good game Saturday, reinforce what we did against Montreal and improve in the areas we need to improve,' Mascherano said. 'We know we are facing, in my opinion, the best team in MLS, without a doubt. They have a coach who has a very clear style and does it very well. It is important for us to neutralize them and not let them play their game and control the game and win it.' Miami beat Columbus 1-0 on the road April 10 on a goal by Cremaschi. The Crew plays a possession-style attack, as does Miami, and is getting adjusted to playing without Cucho Hernandez, who left for Spanish club Real Betis. Daniel Gazdag, a designated player who joined Columbus from Philadelphia, remains scoreless through his first eight games with the Crew and has no assists. Advertisement Miami goalkeeper Oscar Ustari signed a contract extension through 2026 on Thursday. The 38-year-old Argentine is a locker room leader and has tried to keep the team calm during the ups and downs. 'I see the stats floating around and what people are saying,' Ustari said. 'But if you really calculate, our situation is not that bad. It's true when you have Messi on your team, the expectations are going to be extremely high. But we have done a lot of things very well. There is more that we've done well than what we haven't. Yes, we have things to improve, but we are still a growing team with a lot of young players.' Angel Di Maria was not an option for Inter Miami Many Inter Miami fans hoped that Argentine great Angel Di Maria would join Messi at Inter Miami, but Mascherano, who was also Di Maria's longtime teammate with the national team, said he knew that was never an option. Advertisement Di Maria, 37, announced this week that he was leaving Portuguese club Benfica and returning to his boyhood club Rosario Central in Argentina. 'I am friends with him, and I knew there was no chance he was coming to Miami because he wanted to go home,' Mascherano said. 'It was a decision he made a long time ago. You have to understand that when you spend many, many years away from home, it is normal to want to return home and be with your loved ones. Especially in his case, with a chance to return to his club, where it all began. 'He wanted to finish his career in Central, so I am very happy for him.'
Winnipeg Free Press
18 hours ago
- Sport
- Winnipeg Free Press
Richie Laryea, Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty set for Toronto return as Charlotte FC visits
TORONTO – A pair of familiar faces could make their return Saturday when Toronto FC hosts Charlotte FC in MLS play. Toronto fullback Richie Laryea, out since March 1 with a hamstring injury, is available to see some minutes. Toronto coach Robin Fraser says the 30-year-old Canadian international has impressed since joining the team for training. 'He hasn't even looked like he's been hurt,' Fraser marvelled. It's the second year in a row a hamstring injury has cut into Laryea's playing time — he was limited to 12 league appearances last season after undergoing surgery. Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty, on loan to Charlotte from CF Montreal, is bringing a crowd in his first trip back to BMO Field since Toronto traded him to Montreal in August 2024 for up to US$1.4 million in general allocation money. The Canadian international fullback/winger, who joined the Toronto academy in February 2015, will have plenty of friends and family in attendance. 'I have 14 siblings,' he explained. 'I don't think all 14 siblings will come because obviously some of them have their own lives … But I'll have a lot of people there, for sure.' Marshall-Rutty, who turns 21 on June 16, is the seventh-oldest. 'So right in the middle,' he said with a smile. Marshall-Rutty was 15 when he signed a homegrown player contract in January 2020, moving up from TFC 2 to become the youngest player in club history to sign for the first team. The native of Brampton, Ont., went on to make a combined 83 appearances across all competitions. Fraser, then a TFC assistant coach, recalled Marshall-Rutty turning heads when he trained with the first team as a TFC 2 player. 'He was mature beyond his years as a very, very young player,' Fraser said. Marshall-Rutty found himself behind other players in the first team, however, and Toronto opted to trade him rather than lose him for nothing when his contract expired. May has been a missed opportunity for Toronto (3-9-4), with just one win in five previous outings in the month at BMO Field (a 2-0 victory over D.C. United on May 10, its lone home win of the season). And after conceding 86th- and 92nd-minute goals in a painful 2-1 midweek loss to visiting Philadelphia, Toronto looks to pick up some much-needed points Saturday before the FIFA international break. Fraser had hoped his team could profit in the home-heavy month. But TFC has collected just three of a possible 15 points at home so far in May. In all, Toronto has gone 2-4-0 in the month, with the other win a 6-1 romp at CF Montreal. Charlotte (7-8-1) arrives occupying the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference in ninth spot, five places and nine points ahead of Toronto. Charlotte is coming off a 4-2 midweek loss at the New York Red Bulls and a 3-2 home win over Columbus last Saturday that snapped a five-game league losing streak. 'I don't think teams have had to overwork to score goals against us. I think we've given them a very helping hand. There have been a lot of individual mistakes,' coach Dean Smith said. 'I've looked back on the goals through this month and the opposition hasn't had to do too much with a lot of the goals. 'So that's been a frustration and a disappointment, because shape-wise, system-wise, we've actually looked all right. But individual mistakes have been costing us. And you can't keep coming back from conceding two or three goals.' Charlotte is 2-6-0 in May across all competitions and has given up three or more goals in five of those contests. 'You can't coach individual mistakes,' sad Smith. 'And to be honest when you have nine games in one month you can't coach too much anyway because you're forever playing a game, travelling, getting back, washing your gear and travelling again.' Charlotte is led by a pair of star attackers in Israel's Liel Abada and the Ivory Coast's Wilfried Zaha. U.S. international forward Patrick Agyemang was named Player of Matchday 15 on Tuesday following his two-goal performance in the win over Columbus. Charlotte defender Tim Ream has returned to training from a quad injury. French defender Souleyman Doumbia saw some minutes off the bench midweek after coming back from a hamstring injury. Toronto remains without injured defenders Nicksoen Gomis and Kobe Franklin and forward Deandre Kerr. There is also a question mark over winger Federico Bernardeschi, who is dealing with a muscle strain after being suspended midweek for yellow card accumulation. Midfielder Kosi Thompson is back from suspension. Thursdays Keep up to date on sports with Mike McIntyre's weekly newsletter. Toronto holds a 3-2-1 edge over Charlotte in all-time regular-season meetings. Charlotte won 3-2 the last time they met in April 2024 (at Bank of America Stadium), but has yet to register a victory in Toronto (0-2-1). Saturday's game is TFC's annual Indigenous Heritage Night. With the FIFA international window looming, Toronto doesn't play again until June 13 at Los Angeles FC. Seven of TFC's 17 remaining games after the break are on the road. — This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 30, 2025.
Associated Press
a day ago
- General
- Associated Press
New England Revolution bring draw streak into matchup with CF Montreal
New England Revolution (5-4-5, ninth in the Eastern Conference) vs. CF Montreal (1-10-5, 14th in the Eastern Conference) Montreal, Quebec; Saturday, 7:30 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Montreal +124, New England +195, Draw +251; over/under is 2.5 goals BOTTOM LINE: The New England Revolution face CF Montreal after playing to a draw in four straight games. Montreal is 1-7-4 against conference opponents. Montreal has scored 11 goals while allowing 29 for a -18 goal differential. The Revolution are 5-4-2 against Eastern Conference opponents. The Revolution have a 3-0-0 record in games they score a pair of goals. The teams meet Saturday for the first time this season. TOP PERFORMERS: Prince-Osei Owusu has four goals and two assists for Montreal. Giacomo Vrioni has three goals over the last 10 games. Carles Gil has scored six goals with two assists for the Revolution. Leonardo Campana has two goals over the last 10 games. LAST 10 GAMES: Montreal: 1-6-3, averaging 0.8 goals, 3.7 shots on goal and 5.1 corner kicks per game while allowing 1.9 goals per game. Revolution: 5-1-4, averaging 1.5 goals, 4.3 shots on goal and 4.4 corner kicks per game while allowing 0.9 goals per game. NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: Montreal: Hennadiy Synchuk (injured), Bryce Duke (injured), Dominik Yankov (injured). Revolution: Luca Daniel Langoni (injured), Will Sands (injured), Leonardo Campana (injured), Maximiliano Urruti (injured). ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
Al Jazeera
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Al Jazeera
Messi leads Inter Miami to 4-2 victory over Montreal in MLS
Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi each finished with two goals and an assist to lead Inter Miami to a 4-2 home victory over CF Montreal in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Inter Miami (7-3-5, 26 points) secured a win for only the second time in its past nine matches across all competitions. Wednesday's result also snapped a four-match winless streak in league play to move up to sixth in the Major League Soccer (MLS) Eastern Conference. Montreal (1-10-5, 8 points) lost for the second time in its past three matches. Suarez had not scored since Miami's last victory on May 3 and had only two goals in MLS matches this season. The star striker doubled that total with back-to-back tallies in the 68th and 71st minutes, which proved to be decisive in Miami securing three much-needed points against Montreal. Suarez's first goal was set up by a brilliant play by Messi, who controlled possession near the end line and drew a defender before looping a ball to a wide-open Suarez, who comfortably fired a point-blank shot past Montreal goalkeeper Jonathan Sirois. Three minutes later, Suarez came racing in and intercepted a ball that tapped off the foot of Montreal's George Campbell, and the Uruguayan forward fired another shot past Sirois to give Inter Miami a 3-0 edge. Montreal's Dante Sealy ruined Miami's clean sheet when he tapped a ball home past Inter Miami goalkeeper Oscar Ustari in the 74th minute off a feed from Caden Clark. It was Sealy's second goal of the season. But Messi ended Montreal's slim hopes of a comeback when he fired a close-range shot into the back of the net off a precise cross from Suarez in the 87th minute. Messi delivered his first goal in the 27th minute when Sergio Busquets dropped the ball to him near the box. Messi worked the ball to the top of the box and fired a long-distance shot past Sirois. Sealy earned an assist along with Fernando Alvarez on Montreal's second goal by Victor Loturi, which came in the second minute of stoppage time. Inter Miami's victory, while needed, was costly. A squad already playing without midfielder Yannick Bright, had three starters – Jordi Alba, Gonzalo Lujan and Tomas Aviles – all leave the game in the first half due to injuries.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
🚨 Inter Miami line-up confirmed against CF Montreal
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here. The 'Garzas' are presented at the Chase Stadium to dispute a new day in the regular phase of Major League Soccer (MLS). Inter Miami, who are going through a delicate sporting moment, are presented this Wednesday against CF Montreal in Major League Soccer (MLS), where they want to regain ground after some adverse results. Advertisement The 'Garzas' are chaining four games without victories (two defeats and two draws), which caused them to fall to seventh place in the Eastern Conference with 23 units, seven less than the leader Philadelphia Union. Inter Miami's starting eleven Javier Mascherano faces this match at home with his best available formation: Jordi Alba, Busquets, Messi, and Suárez, from the start. Montreal Impact, on the other hand, is not enjoying a good present either, having harvested three games without victories (one was a 6-1 thrashing in the classic against Toronto) and is located in the last place of the Eastern Conference with only eight units.
