Messi and Inter Miami settle for another home tie, this one a 1-1 draw against New England
Lionel Messi and Inter Miami are still waiting for their first win in their new home. Germán Berterame scored off a rebound in the 76th minute and Inter Miami finished in a 1-1 tie with the New England Revolution on Saturday night, keeping the defending MLS Cup champions winless in three matches at their new Miami stadium. The Herons are 0-0-3 in the new building — compared with 5-1-1 in MLS road matches this season.
MIAMI (AP) — Lionel Messi and Inter Miami are still waiting for their first win in their new home. Germán Berterame scored off a rebound in the 76th minute and Inter Miami finished in a 1-1 tie with the New England Revolution on Saturday night, keeping the defending MLS Cup champions winless in three matches at their new Miami stadium. The Herons are 0-0-3 in the new building — compared with 5-1-1 in MLS road matches this season.
Inter Miami is now unbeaten (5-0-4) in its last nine MLS matches following a season-opening loss at LAFC, and unbeaten in its last 11 matches (5-0-6) across all competitions. Former MLS MVP Carles Gil scored in the 56th minute for New England, which had lost each of its last four meetings with Inter Miami. Gil's goal started when Will Sands’ long throw-in into the box was settled by Dor Turgeman — who basically just left the ball where the charging Gil could get it.
Gil chipped the ball past Inter Miami goalie Dayne St. Clair, opening the scoring. That goal came just a couple minutes after Inter Miami thought it had struck first, but Tadeo Allende's right-footed blast was waved off by an offside call.
About 20 minutes later, Inter Miami knotted the match. Luis Suárez spun around and tried a shot from near the goal mouth, the low roller getting saved by New England goalkeeper Matt Turner. The ball deflected off Turner's hand and went right to Berterame, who scored with ease to make it 1-1.