Lionel Messi was undeterred by the frigid temperatures on Wednesday night, when he scored the only goal in Inter Miami’s 1-0 win against Sporting Kansas City in a CONCACAF Champions Cup match. Days later, he didn’t score in their MLS opener, but he came up huge in another way: with a late game-tying assist.
Telasco Segovia scored the tying goal in the 10th minute of stoppage time, and Inter Miami played New York City FC to a 2-2 draw Saturday night in front of a star-studded crowd that included tennis legend Serena Williams and actress Eva Longoria.
On his second assist of the night, Messi hit a through ball to Segovia, who in his MLS debut finished with a nice shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner.
Inter Miami had played much of the second half down a goal. New York’s Alonso Martínez got an easy one past Oscar Ustari after Inter Miami defender Jordi Alba…
