Two of Major League Soccer’s best teams meet in Ohio as Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami face a win-or-go-home affair with FC Cincinnati at TQL Stadium on Sunday.

It’s the Eastern Conference semifinal round as both clubs chase an elusive MLS Cup despite loads of success in recent seasons.

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Both Inter Miami and FC Cincinnati finished on 65 points this season, with Cincinnati earning the two seed by winning 20 games to Miami’s 19.

And both teams needed all three games of their first-round series to advance to the conference semis, as Cincinnati won twice at home to Columbus with a 4-0 away loss sandwiched between the victories. Inter had the same pattern with Nashville, albeit their away loss was by a slim 2-1 margin.

The winner will go to th

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