Lione Messi Scores Twice in Inter Miami Foxboro Debut

Messi almost got the hat trick if not for a brilliant stop from Ravas but Inter Miami teammate Benjamin Cremaschi was there to tap in the rebound and make it 3-1.

Messi finished the match with an assist in the 88^th minute to former Barcelona teammate and close friend Luis Suárez who entered the game as a sub in the 63rd minute.

With the two goals, Messi became the first player in MLS history to have five straight games with multiple goal contributions. With nine goals, Messi is one goal up on Cristian Arango for the MLS league lead.

New England heads back on the road again next Saturday, May 4 to face Chicago Fire FC.

MATCH NOTES

• Saturday’s crowd of 65,612 set a new single-game attendance record for the Revolution, surpassing the 2002 MLS Cup final (61,316).
• The crowd is also the second-largest attendance for a soccer match at Gillette Stadium in the venue’s 23-year history, only behind a 2007 international friendly between Brazil and Mexico (67,584).
• Tomás Chancalay scored his first goal of the regular season, his fifth tally across all competitions this season.
• The first-minute goal was New England’s fastest tally since May 31, 2023, when Carles Gil scored 21 seconds into the match.
• Carles Gil tallied his first regular season assist of 2024, his 75^th helper across all competitions for the club. Gil led the team with seven key passes on the night.
• Gil now has 99 goal contributions for his MLS regular season career, one shy of becoming the fifth player in club history to reach the century mark.
• Defender Xavier Arreaga, acquired on Tuesday by New England in a trade with Seattle, earned his first start for the club on Saturday night.
• Henry Kessler made his 100^th appearance for New England across all competitions in Saturday’s match, marking the occasion by completing 92 percent of his passes.
• Dylan Borrero returned to action for New England 365 days after suffering a knee injury, entering the match as an 81^st-minute substitute.