{"id":486770,"date":"2024-10-03T02:37:39","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T06:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=486770"},"modified":"2024-10-03T02:37:39","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T06:37:39","slug":"messi-brace-hands-inter-miami-first-supporters-shield-in-history","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/messi-brace-hands-inter-miami-first-supporters-shield-in-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Messi brace hands Inter Miami first Supporters&#8217; Shield in history"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lionel Messi scored twice in Inter Miami&#8217;s 3-2 victory over Columbus Crew, helping the team secure the MLS Supporters&#8217; Shield for the first time in the club&#8217;s history. Messi opened the scoring with a close-range finish and added a second in first-half stoppage time with a brilliant free-kick.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">SUPPORTERS\u2019 SHIELD CHAMPIONS! \ud83c\udfc6\ud83d\udee1\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Dcfk2RYFSO\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/Dcfk2RYFSO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Inter Miami CF (@InterMiamiCF) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/InterMiamiCF\/status\/1841659928278168064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 3, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Despite Columbus Crew\u2019s Diego Rossi cutting the lead, former Liverpool striker Luis Suarez restored Miami\u2019s two-goal advantage before Cucho Hernandez&#8217;s penalty made for a tense finish.<\/p>\n<p>This victory ensures Inter Miami will finish the regular season at the top of the table, clinching the Supporters&#8217; Shield, awarded to the MLS team with the best record. The title marks Messi&#8217;s 46th career trophy, adding another accolade to his illustrious career.<\/p>\n<p>With the win, Miami secures home advantage throughout the postseason playoffs. Messi expressed his satisfaction with the achievement, saying, &#8220;The first objective has been achieved, and now we have to think about what&#8217;s next.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The moment we made history! \ud83d\udee1\ufe0f\ud83d\udda4\ud83e\ude77 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zRseWXbGTZ\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/zRseWXbGTZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Inter Miami CF (@InterMiamiCF) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/InterMiamiCF\/status\/1841674881018085763?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 3, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Miami now has the chance to set an MLS record for most points in a regular season with two wins from their remaining league matches. The current record is 73 points, held by the New England Revolution from 2021.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5rupX7rBgik?si=YfqOhl4w_Ij3zjE6\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lionel Messi scored twice in Inter Miami&#8217;s 3-2 victory over Columbus Crew, helping the team secure the MLS Supporters&#8217; Shield for the first [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":486771,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[17501,17909,17528],"news_category":[17676,14235,16715,14084],"gn_keywords":[18156,17910,714],"acf":{"announce":"Inter Miami won 3-2 and secured home advantage throughout the postseason playoffs","video":["video"]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/486770"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=486770"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/486770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":486772,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/486770\/revisions\/486772"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/486771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=486770"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=486770"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=486770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}