Inter Miami 1–2 Toronto FC

Toronto FC left with all three points and a result Inter Miami did not see coming. J. Sargent broke the deadlock in the 59th minute, and D. Etienne made it two just three minutes later, a rapid double strike that put the match beyond Miami's reach before the hour mark was barely gone. Lionel Messi, Major League Soccer's top scorer with 41 goals, did pull one back in the 83rd minute, but Toronto's backline held firm to secure the win. The result snapped Inter Miami's unbeaten head-to-head record against their opponents, the two sides having split their previous two meetings between a home win and a draw. For a Toronto FC side sitting tenth in the standings with 24 points, beating a second-placed team on 39 is the kind of result that changes a month. Messi's consolation, late and clinical as ever, is still worth watching just to see how he does it.