"We are happy and with the tranquility of having achieved the first goal, which was to qualify for the playoffs. Now we'll try to finish as high as possible in the standings, which would allow us to have home-field advantage," Mascherano said."
""He has done that too many times in his career. Sometimes he looks at some teammates who haven't scored and need a goal more than him," Mascherano added. "He tried to help in this way. For me, it's great. He tried to show to everyone the team spirit, trying to involve all the players and players that maybe in this case Luis, needed to score. So it's great.""
Inter Miami defeated New York City FC 4-0 to clinch a place in the MLS playoffs. Baltasar Rodriguez opened the scoring just before halftime, and Lionel Messi added a 74th-minute goal. Messi then passed the penalty opportunity to Luis Suárez, who converted, and later completed the rout with a 50-yard run and low finish. Messi has accumulated five goals and three assists across his last three matches. Inter Miami sit third in the Eastern Conference, five points behind the leaders but with two games in hand, and remain in contention for the Supporters' Shield. The team travels to Toronto next.
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