FC Dallas midfielder Anderson Julio (11) jumps over Inter Miami goalkeeper Drake Callender (1) as he follows his goal during the second half of an MLS soccer match, Sunday, April 27, 2025, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (AP Photo/Jim Rassol)
FC Dallas midfielder Kaick Ferreira, left, clears the ball away from Inter Miami midfielder Fafà Picault (7) during the first half of an MLS soccer match, Sunday, April 27, 2025, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (AP Photo/Jim Rassol)
FC Dallas midfielder Anderson Julio (11) shoots and scores a goal as Inter Miami defender Gonzalo Luján, left, looks on during the second half of an MLS soccer match, Sunday, April 27, 2025, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (AP Photo/Jim Rassol)
FC Dallas midfielder Anderson Julio (11) traps a long pass ahead of Inter Miami defender Gonzalo Luján (2) during the second half of an MLS soccer match, Sunday, April 27, 2025, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (AP Photo/Jim Rassol)
FC Dallas defender Osaze Urhoghide (3) celebrates his goal against Inter Miami during the second half of an MLS soccer match, Sunday, April 27, 2025, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (AP Photo/Jim Rassol)
FC Dallas defender Osaze Urhoghide (3) celebrates his goal against the Inter Miami during the second half of an MLS soccer match, Sunday, April 27, 2025, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (AP Photo/Jim Rassol)
FC Dallas midfielder Anderson Julio (11) celebrates his goal against Inter Miami with teammates during the second half of an MLS soccer match, Sunday, April 27, 2025, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (AP Photo/Jim Rassol)
Inter Miami, without Messi, loses 1st MLS game of season as FC Dallas rallies for a 4-3 victory
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Inter Miami lost its first MLS game of the season Sunday with Lionel Messi watching from a private box as FC Dallas scored three unanswered goals in the second half for a 4-3 victory.
FC Dallas midfielder Anderson Julio (11) jumps over Inter Miami goalkeeper Drake Callender (1) as he follows his goal during the second half of an MLS soccer match, Sunday, April 27, 2025, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (AP Photo/Jim Rassol)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Inter Miami lost its first MLS game of the season Sunday with Lionel Messi watching from a private box as FC Dallas scored three unanswered goals in the second half for a 4-3 victory.
Inter Miami squandered a two-goal advantage and slipped to 5-1-3, with 18 points.
Inter Miami lost at Vancouver in the first leg of its CONCACAF Champions Cup semifinal round on Thursday. Messi played all 90 minutes of Miami’s 2-0 loss. With the teams playing the second leg in Miami on Wednesday, the 37-year-old Messi playing Sunday seemed unlikely.
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Pedrinho scored the go-ahead goal in the 81st minute to cap the comeback for Dallas (4-3-3, 15 points). Logan Farrington retrieved a ball before it crossed the backline and centered to an open Pedrinho, who converted from 15 yards.
Goals from Osaze Urhoghide and Anderson Julio within a five-minute span midway through the second half tied it at 3.
Urhoghide got Dallas within one when he beat Miami goalkeeper Drake Callender with a shot outside the 6-yard box in the 64th minute. Julio scored the equalizer when he retrieved a long ball from Pedrinho, dribbled unmarked inside the large area and beat Callender with an 18-yard conversion.
Down an early goal, Miami responded with two strikes within a 13-minute span in the first half.
The tying score was ruled an own goal when a shot by Fafá Picault bounced off Dallas defender Shaq Moore near the goal line and into the net in the 16th minute.
Allen Obando put Miami ahead with a goal in the 29th minute. Picault centered a pass to Obando inside the 6-yard box where he tapped in a shot for his first Miami goal.
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Miami signed the 18-year-old Obando on loan from the Ecuadorian first division in March.
David Martinez padded the lead for Miami with a goal in the 56th minute. He retrieved a loose ball on the left wing and converted with a shot that landed inside the right post.
Dallas struck first on Shaq Moore’s goal in the eighth minute. Moore retrieved a loose ball and blasted a shot from 18 yards that landed high inside the left post.
, his former Barcelona teammates Luis Suárez and Jordi Alba didn’t play Sunday.
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