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Sam Surridge, Tai Baribo and Brian White scored goals and Major League Soccer defeated Liga MX of Mexico 3-1 successful the MLS All-Star Game connected Wednesday night.
Lionel Messi and his Inter Miami teammate, Jordi Alba, some look imaginable league suspensions for their team's adjacent lucifer against Cincinnati connected Saturday for missing the All-Star game.
Liga MX's James Rodríguez besides chose not to play successful the crippled played successful beforehand of much than 20,000 fans astatine Q2 Stadium.
MLS has defeated Liga MX 3 times successful 4 tries. Last twelvemonth Liga MX won 4-1 successful Columbus, Ohio. The MLS All-Stars won successful 2022 and bushed Liga MX connected punishment kicks aft a 1-1 gully a twelvemonth prior.
Messi has yet to look successful an MLS All-Star Game. He missed the crippled past twelvemonth with an injury. Messi is tied with Nashville's Surridge for the MLS pb successful goals with 18.
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Surridge scored different extremity connected Wednesday, from the mediate of the box, heading successful to the little close country a shot directed by LAFC's Denis Bouanga successful the 28th minute.
The accidental developed aft Bouanga had a point-blank effort stopped by Liga MX goalkeeper Luis Malagon (Club America). Bouanga hustled to retrieve the agelong rebound and sent it to Surridge.
Before the goal, some teams had attempts rejected with diving stops by Luis Malagón and Austin FC's Brad Stuver successful the 13th and 18th minutes.
MLS went up 2-0 successful the 51st infinitesimal erstwhile Diego Rossi (Columbus) passed up to Baribo (Philadelphia), whose close footed changeable from the halfway of the container made it to the little near country of the goal.
Liga MX closed the spread to 2-1 conscionable 13 minutes aboriginal erstwhile Gilberto Mora (Club Tijuana) converted a walk from Elías Montiel (Pachuca) from the mediate of the box.
Liga MX's bid to necktie the lucifer was snubbed erstwhile a changeable by Diber Cambindo (Necaxa) was stopped by Yohei Takaoka (Vancouver) successful the 75th minute.
White (Vancouver) finished the scoring successful the 80th minute.
