Inter Miami missed Lionel Messi again this Saturday in their 1-1 draw at home against New York City on matchday six of the MLS, Houston Dynamo came back in their game, Cristian Arango scored a hat trick for Real Salt Lake and Austin FC achieved its first victory.
Uruguayan striker Luis Suárez put Inter Miami ahead with a header after a quarter of an hour, but New York City, which came into this match with only three points in five games, equalized thanks to a goal from Costa Rican Alonso Martínez in the 34th minute.
Messi was sitting in the box at Chase Stadium dressed in a gray shirt, pending his recovery from muscle overload in a thigh that caused him to miss three MLS games and the Argentina call-up on the last FIFA date.
The ‘Pistolero’ has five goals in the MLS, in addition to two in the ‘ConcaChampions’, but he finished the game with a lot of frustration after forgiving three clear scoring opportunities in the second half, leaving his team with eleven points in seven games.
Houston Dynamo came back from their match against the San Jose Earthquakes, who had taken the lead in the first minute of play thanks to goals from Paraguayan Sebastián Ferreira in the 81st minute and from Argentine Franco Escobar in the 84th minute.
With this 2-1, the Texans have ten points in only five games played.
Near Houston, in Austin, the local team tasted victory for the first time this season by also beating FC Dallas 2-1.
Austin FC also overcame Dallas’ initial goal with goals from Costa Rican Julio Cascante and Chilean Diego Rubio in the second half. They thus add six points in the table.
In Salt Lake City, Colombian Cristian Arango had a great performance by achieving a hat trick with which his team came back and beat St. Louis City SC 3-1.
The visitors had taken the lead in the 3rd minute of the match, but Arango equalized in the 70th with a strong shot from outside the area, put his team ahead in the 84th with a maximum penalty and sentenced in the 91st minute.
For its part, Orlando City, coached by Colombian Óscar Pareja, once again dropped points by tying and thanks 1-1 at home against the New York Red Bulls with an own goal by the visitors in the 89th minute.
Argentine Julián Carranza scored Philadelphia Union’s second goal in a 2-0 win against Minnesota United FC.
The Colombian Eduard Atuesta with a great shot from outside the area and the Venezuelan David Martínez (who ended up sent off) twice put Los Angeles FC in front, which ended up losing 3-2 against the Colorado Rapids.
Nashville SC and Columbus Crew tied 2-2 with goals from Panamanian Aníbal Godoy with a bicycle kick for the locals and from Colombian Marino Hinestroza with a great header for the visitors.
Finally, Honduran Alenis Vargas scored his first goal in MLS with a display of strength in his Sporting Kansas City’s away victory in Toronto. EFE
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