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Allende hits twice to help Inter Miami

San Jose, California-Taadeo Allende scored two goals and Inter Miami achieved 3: 3 on Wednesday evening in Lionel Messi's first game in the Bay Area since joining MLS with 3: 3.

Allendes met the game in the 52nd minute once in the first half and tied when he brought in a Pass Baltasar Rodríguez in a game that Messi helped to set up.

Maximiliano Falcon also scored for Miami, which has admitted at least three goals in three of the last four games.

Cristian Arango, Beau Leroux and Ian Harkes scored for the earthquakes that are unbeaten in their last three games.

Messi had a chance too late for the game winner, but was stopped by Daniel de Sousa Britto in the meantime in the meantime.

Messi's debut here was played in front of a sold -out audience of 18,000 people. The fans were hours before the game to see the Miami star personally. His entire stay in the Bay Area became an event with a block party on Tuesday evening and fans who gathered outside the team hotel in Miami, only to get a wave from the Balcony of Messi.

Messi had a few good options in the first half, barely wide after a pass in the transition and then in the last seconds half again after getting a pass in the transition.

The Miami middle field player Lionel Messi celebrates after a goal by striker Tadeo Allende in the first half of an MLS soccer game against the earthquakes in San Jose on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, with teammates in San Jose, California. Credit: AP/Godofredo A. Vásquez

The game had an exciting start when Miami scored about 35 seconds in the game after a corner chicken when Falcon drove in a crosser by Jordi Alba.

The earthquakes reacted quickly in the third minute, with Arango converting into the game at a pass from Cristian Espinoza around 2:05, and, according to Elias Sports Bureau, marked the fifth time in the history of the MLS story, which both teams scored in the first three minutes of a game.

The teams later exchanged goals in half, with Leroux San Jose gave the lead in the 37th minute and in the 37th minute and answered about seven minutes later. Half of the earthquakes took a 3-2 lead when Harkes achieved in injury times with a shot on the left outside of the Leroux box.

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