How did we get to Messi playing at TQL Stadium? While first-place FC Cincinnati was tearing through MLS foes in the spring and early summer months, it also took the Open Cup by storm, ...

Inter Miami has suffered its first MLS loss since May as FC Cincinnati defeated the Herons 3-0 at the TQL Stadium. Javier Mascherano's team has gone 12 MLS games without a clean sheet. Lionel Messi did not score for Inter Miami for the first time after six straight games with goals in the MLS.

Even by Lionel Messi's standards, the goal he scored against the Philadelphia Union was audacious. Over most of the last two decades, Messi built a world-renowned goal-scoring acumen via finesse ...