It was Tadeo Allende, the 26-year-old Argentine only at Inter Miami for one year, on a loan from Spanish club Celta de Vigo, who scored a hat trick in the 5-1 win over New York City FC to send Inter Miami to its first MLS Cup Final. In 31 games during the regular season, Allende scored 11 goals. In the playoffs, he has scored eight.
Captain Lionel Messi scored the first goal of the night, connecting with Mateo Silvetti to head the ball into the net and earn the early lead for the visiting team. Messi then assisted on the second goal by setting up Silvetti, who rocketed the ball into the lower right corner of the goal from the left side of the field.
To almost everyone, two of the slots are taken by Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo but it's after that where things get interesting with so many fantastic players to pick from. You may like There's just just so many standout names from 2000 to 2025 The new millennium started where the last ended, with Zinedine Zidane and Ronaldo (R9) at the top of the mountain, and the modern game, led most notably by Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappe.
Inter Miami's quest for the 2025 MLS Cup might have already fizzled out if it weren't for Lionel Messi, who's already scored five goals in the first playoff series alone. The Argentinian's latest exploits, which saw him score twice and assist once in Miami's 4-0 win over Nashville SC, earned him his first Team of the Week card in EA Sports FC 26 and carried Miami into the next round of the competition.