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MLS: It was a night to remember for football icon Lionel Messi at the Big Apple as his brace powered Inter Miami to the playoff of the ongoing season of the Major League Soccer. The brace also saw Lionel Messi move ahead of LAFC's Denis Bouanga and Nashville's Sam Surridge in the MLS Golden Boot race with 24 goals and 13 assists. Messi's two goals also made him the first player in the history of the MLS to score 35 goal contributions or more in consecutive seasons.

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Messi found the back of the net for the first time in the 74th-minute of the game. Sergio Busquets came up with an exceptional throughball for him to chip it over a charging Freese.

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