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Inter Miami 3-4 FC Dallas, MLS: Herons, Without Messi, Stumble To First Loss Of Season

In addition to Messi, his former Barcelona teammates Luis Suárez and Jordi Alba didn’t play Sunday

AP/Jim Rassol

Inter Miami lost its first MLS game of the season Sunday with Lionel Messi watching from a private box as FC Dallas scored three unanswered goals in the second half for a 4-3 victory. (Highlights | More Football News)

Inter Miami squandered a two-goal advantage and slipped to 5-1-3, with 18 points.

Inter Miami lost at Vancouver in the first leg of its CONCACAF Champions Cup semifinal round on Thursday. Messi played all 90 minutes of Miami라이브 바카라 2-0 loss. With the teams playing the second leg in Miami on Wednesday, the 37-year-old Messi playing Sunday seemed unlikely.

Pedrinho scored the go-ahead goal in the 81st minute to cap the comeback for Dallas (4-3-3, 15 points). Logan Farrington retrieved a ball before it crossed the backline and centered to an open Pedrinho, who converted from 15 yards.

Goals from Osaze Urhoghide and Anderson Julio within a five-minute span midway through the second half tied it at 3.

Urhoghide got Dallas within one when he beat Miami goalkeeper Drake Callender with a shot outside the 6-yard box in the 64th minute. Julio scored the equalizer when he retrieved a long ball from Pedrinho, dribbled unmarked inside the large area and beat Callender with an 18-yard conversion.

Down an early goal, Miami responded with two strikes within a 13-minute span in the first half.

The tying score was ruled an own goal when a shot by Fafá Picault bounced off Dallas defender Shaq Moore near the goal line and into the net in the 16th minute.

Allen Obando put Miami ahead with a goal in the 29th minute. Picault centered a pass to Obando inside the 6-yard box where he tapped in a shot for his first Miami goal.

Miami signed the 18-year-old Obando on loan from the Ecuadorian first division in March.

David Martinez padded the lead for Miami with a goal in the 56th minute. He retrieved a loose ball on the left wing and converted with a shot that landed inside the right post.

Dallas struck first on Shaq Moore라이브 바카라 goal in the eighth minute. Moore retrieved a loose ball and blasted a shot from 18 yards that landed high inside the left post.

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In addition to Messi, his former Barcelona teammates Luis Suárez and Jordi Alba didn’t play Sunday.

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