Lionel Messi scored two goals to excite a New England Revolution-record crowd, leading Inter Miami CF to a 4-1 victory on Saturday night.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. —
The attendance beat the previous record of 61,316, when the Revolution lost to the LA Galaxy in the 2002 MLS final. When the 36-year-old 2022 World Cup winner scored, loud cheers echoed around the stands in a match that featured the Eastern Conference’s first-place Miami against the last-place Revolution.The Revolution had made it 1-0 in the opening minute when Tomas Chancalay beat a defender and dropped a shot over goaltender Drake Callender, who was charging out.
Entering the stadium about 90 minutes before the match were hundreds of fans, mostly kids, wearing the pink Miami Messi jersey.Sprinkled in were some of the Messi No. 10 Argentina white-and-blue-striped jerseys.
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