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FT Saturday, August 1, 2026
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Inter Miami CF WWWWD 2
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MIA202
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Match Report

Crew play Miami to a 2-2 draw as Lionel Messi returns

Brais Méndez scored a late equalizer in his MLS debut and the Columbus Crew played Inter Miami to a 2-2 draw on Saturday night.

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Team Stats

5
Fouls
9
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
2
Corner Kicks
5
2
Saves
2
48.7
Possession
51.3
13
SHOTS
12
3
ON GOAL
4
0.2
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
510
Accurate Passes
533
568
Passes
596
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
1
11
Crosses
8
0.2
Cross %
0.1
33
Long Balls
42
21
Accurate Long Balls
29
0.6
Long Balls %
0.7
4
Blocked Shots
1
4
Effective Tackles
6
7
Tackles
12
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
6
Interceptions
9
24
Effective Clearances
15
24
Clearances
15

Highlights

00:58 Luis Suárez with a Spectacular Goal vs. Columbus Crew SC Watch on ESPN 00:48 Casemiro scores own goal Watch on ESPN 00:29 Noah Allen scores goal for Inter Miami CF Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

MIA leads series 4-1

Lineups

MIA · 4-3-3

  1. 34Rocco Ríos NovoG
  2. 16MicaelCD-L
  3. 15Fricio CaicedoCD-R
  4. 32Noah AllenLB
  5. 4Facundo MuraRB
  6. 5CasemiroCM
  7. 42Yannick BrightLM
  8. 7Rodrigo De PaulRM
  9. 9Luis SuárezF
  10. 24Mateo SilvettiLF
  11. 56Dániel PintérRF

CLB · 4-4-2

  1. 28Patrick SchulteG
  2. 4Rudy CamachoCD-L
  3. 31Steven MoreiraCD-R
  4. 25Sean ZawadzkiLB
  5. 23Mohamed FarsiRB
  6. 20André GomesCM-L
  7. 7Dylan ChambostCM-R
  8. 30Hugo PicardLM
  9. 16Taha HabrouneRM
  10. 8Dániel GazdagCF-L
  11. 19Jamal ThiaréCF-R

Timeline

  2. 16' Goal! Inter Miami CF 1, Columbus Crew 0. Luis Suárez (Inter Miami CF) right footed shot from more than 35 yards to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Yannick Bright.
  3. 21' Delay in match because of an injury Steven Moreira (Columbus Crew).
  4. 21'
  5. 22' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  6. 22'
  7. 34' Own Goal by Casemiro, Inter Miami CF. Inter Miami CF 1, Columbus Crew 1.
  8. 36' Delay in match because of an injury Sean Zawadzki (Columbus Crew).
  9. 36'
  10. 38' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  11. 38'
  12. 45'+5' Goal! Inter Miami CF 2, Columbus Crew 1. Noah Allen (Inter Miami CF) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Luis Suárez.Goal awarded following VAR Review.
  13. 45'+6'
  14. 45'+7'
  15. 53' Substitution, Inter Miami CF. Lionel Messi replaces Dániel Pintér.
  16. 61' Substitution, Columbus Crew. Brais Méndez replaces Dániel Gazdag.
  17. 61' Substitution, Columbus Crew. Sékou Bangoura replaces Dylan Chambost.
  18. 72' Substitution, Columbus Crew. Lautaro Giaccone replaces Hugo Picard.
  19. 74' Sékou Bangoura (Columbus Crew) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  20. 75' Substitution, Inter Miami CF. David Ayala replaces Yannick Bright.
  21. 75' Substitution, Inter Miami CF. David Ruíz replaces Facundo Mura.
  22. 82' Casemiro (Inter Miami CF) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  23. 84' Goal! Inter Miami CF 2, Columbus Crew 2. Brais Méndez (Columbus Crew) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  24. 86' Substitution, Columbus Crew. Brooks Lennon replaces Jamal Thiaré.
  25. 86' Substitution, Inter Miami CF. Preston Plambeck replaces Mateo Silvetti.
  26. 90'+5' Patrick Schulte (Columbus Crew) is shown the yellow card.

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