Inter Miami cruise into Concacaf Champions Cup Round of 16

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·26 February 2025

Inter Miami cruise into Concacaf Champions Cup Round of 16

By MLSsoccer staff

Lionel Messi and Inter Miami CF booked their spot in the Concacaf Champions Cup Round of 16 Tuesday night with a 3-1 win (4-1 aggregate) over Sporting Kansas City at Chase Stadium.

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Messi, Tadeo Allende and Luis Suárez scored the goals that set up a showdown with Jamaican side Cavalier FC early next month in the continental tournament.

The legendary Argentine No. 10 got things started with a vintage goal in the 19th minute, chesting down a pinpoint cross from Suárez and rifling a left-footed blast past goalkeeper John Pulskamp.

Sporting threatened to equalize, most notably through Dejan Joveljić, but the hosts struck twice in first-half stoppage time through Allende and Suárez.

Those tallies made Memo Rodríguez's deflected long-range goal in the second half serve as little more than a consolation for Kansas City, as Miami took care of business to move on in CCC play.