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Inter Miami's MLS Cup credentials take hit with midfield problems that are too big for Lionel Messi to solve

Casemiro's seventh-minute own goal and a ninety-first-minute Emil Forsberg strike ended Miami's three-match winning run; Messi, back from Spain, came off the bench.

On air: Rex "Two-Point" Gridley and Chip Darnell on Meet the Pressure
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  1. Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorInter Miami lost two to nothing at Red Bull New York on Saturday, and Lionel Messi didn't start because he'd travelled to Spain to accept a sporting award.

  2. Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorCasemiro turns one into his own net in the seventh minute, Emil Forsberg wraps it up in the ninety-first, and Messi doesn't show up on the pitch until the fifty-sixth.

  3. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorMiami had sixty-two and a half percent of the ball. Did that count for anything?

  4. Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorTwo shots on target, Chip. Two. You can hold the ball all day, I'm telling you, and it doesn't score.

  5. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorCoach Gonzalez said the plan was agreed ahead of time, because of the time zones and the temperature change. So who agreed to it, exactly?

  6. Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorThirteen goals in eleven games, and the club books him a flight.

  7. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSo the trophy is the only thing he brought home from this week.

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