Inter Miami vs FC Dallas, Major League Soccer Highlights: Catch the play-by-play updates from the MLS 2025 match between Inter Miami and FC Dallas at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, as it happened
Hello there, all of you who have stayed awake at this hour to catch MLS action. Inter Miami will take the field shortly, and we will soon get to know Lionel Messi's involvement in the game. Sit back and relax as we present live updates from the match.
The Major League Soccer match will begin at 2:30am India time. While telecast for the Inter Miami vs FC Dallas game will not be available on any TV channel in India, live streaming will be provided on Apple TV.
The big news ahead of the match is that Lionel Messi will not start for Inter Miami. Here's how the two teams line up ahead of kick-off at Chase Stadium:
The fatigue of having played the full 90 minutes in the CONCACAF Champions Cup semi-final first-leg is certainly a big factor in Lionel Messi not figuring in tonight's Inter Miami starting line-up.
Inter Miami head coach Javier Mascherano had hinted at it before the game as well. "Obviously he was fatigued, playing on synthetic grass can make a player even more fatigued due to the floor. But he finished the game well,” ESPN quoted Mascherano as saying.
The match gets underway in Florida. Dallas earn the first corner of the game in the fourth minute but nothing comes of it. The visitors continue to apply pressure on the Miami defence, nevertheless.
Dallas' sustained attack brings fruit early as after a bunch of saves and blocked shots, Shaq Moore finds the back of the net in the eighth minute. He shoots from his right foot into the bottom left corner and the visitors go ahead 1-0.
The hosts are not to be subdued. Fafa Picault slams home from close range in the 16th minute to bring Inter Miami back on level terms in this encounter. The goal follows an attempt from Leo Afonso that was saved earlier.
Miami go ahead. Ian Fray lines up a neat cross for Allen Obando, who drives it home from his right foot in the 28th minute. The hosts have responded in style to the early Dallas goal, piling in two of their own to assume control of the match.
The first half ends with Inter Miami ahead, but only just. Obando's 29th-minute strike is the difference between the two sides currently and Dallas will be eager to bounce back after the interval.
The players are back after the mid-game interval and Picault, who scored for Inter Miami in the first half, wins a free kick for his side in the defensive half. Nothing comes of it though.
Inter Miami reassert their dominance with a 56th-minute strike via Hector David Martinez. The Paraguay defender latches on to Benjamin Cremaschi's assist with his left foot to send the ball into the back of the net and take the hosts to a 3-1 advantage over Dallas.
This is turning out to be a high-scoring thriller. FC Dallas wipe out Inter Miami's two-goal advantage via strikes from Osaze Urhoghide and Anderson Julio. The 64th and 69th-minute goals bring the scoreline to 3-3 and an exciting last 20 minutes beckon.
FC Dallas have gone ahead in the 81st minute. Pedrinho makes best use of an assist by Logan Farrington to drill the ball into the bottom right corner of the Inter Miami goal from his right foot. The remarkable comeback continues from the visitors, who have scored thrice in the last 17 minutes.
The full-time whistle blows, and FC Dallas emerge victors by a narrow 4-3 margin after a thrilling contest at Chase Stadium. The tourists overcame a two-goal deficit to power in three goals in the space of 17 minutes to turn the tide.