Inter Miami CF vs Toronto FC, 2026 MLS, Regular Season
· MLSSargent sparks Toronto to win over Inter Miami
Josh Sargent and Derrick Etienne Jr. scored second-half goals three minutes apart and Toronto FC held on for a 2-1 victory over Inter Miami on Saturday night.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 5': Josh Sargent (Toronto FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 5': Foul by Casemiro (Inter Miami CF).
- 9': Kobe Franklin (Toronto FC) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 9': Foul by Telasco Segovia (Inter Miami CF).
- 9': Attempt blocked. Benjamín Kuscevic (Toronto FC) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Djordje Mihailovic with a cross.
- 9': Corner, Toronto FC. Conceded by Luis Suárez.
- 11': Offside, Toronto FC. Richie Laryea is caught offside.
- 15': Attempt blocked. Germán Berterame (Inter Miami CF) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lionel Messi.
- 15': Corner, Inter Miami CF. Conceded by Zane Monlouis.
- 17': Richie Laryea (Toronto FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 17': Foul by Casemiro (Inter Miami CF).
- 19': Attempt missed. Luis Suárez (Inter Miami CF) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Rodrigo De Paul with a through ball.
- 20': Djordje Mihailovic (Toronto FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 20': Foul by Gonzalo Luján (Inter Miami CF).
- 21': Corner, Toronto FC. Conceded by Gonzalo Luján.
- 22': Offside, Toronto FC. Djordje Mihailovic is caught offside.
- 22': Foul by Benjamín Kuscevic (Toronto FC).
- 22': Luis Suárez (Inter Miami CF) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 24': Foul by Richie Laryea (Toronto FC).
- 24': Lionel Messi (Inter Miami CF) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 24': Delay in match because of an injury Gonzalo Luján (Inter Miami CF).
- 26': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 26': Substitution, Inter Miami CF. Facundo Mura replaces Gonzalo Luján because of an injury.
- 31': Foul by Zane Monlouis (Toronto FC).
- 31': Germán Berterame (Inter Miami CF) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 31': Attempt saved. Casemiro (Inter Miami CF) header from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal by Luka Gavran (Toronto FC).
- 36': Attempt missed. Germán Berterame (Inter Miami CF) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Sergio Reguilón with a cross.
- 37': Foul by Richie Laryea (Toronto FC).
- 37': Rodrigo De Paul (Inter Miami CF) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 37': Richie Laryea (Toronto FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 39': Attempt missed. Dániel Sallói (Toronto FC) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Alonso Coello following a fast break.
- 41': Dániel Sallói (Toronto FC) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 41': Foul by Ian Fray (Inter Miami CF).
- 43': Attempt blocked. Josh Sargent (Toronto FC) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Markus Cimermancic.
- 44': Offside, Toronto FC. Derrick Etienne is caught offside.
- 45': Derrick Etienne (Toronto FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45': Foul by Telasco Segovia (Inter Miami CF).
- 45'+1': Attempt blocked. Lionel Messi (Inter Miami CF) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Casemiro.
- 45'+1': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
- 45'+3': First Half ends, Inter Miami CF 0, Toronto FC 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Inter Miami CF 0, Toronto FC 0.
- 49': Attempt missed. Germán Berterame (Inter Miami CF) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Sergio Reguilón with a cross.
- 50': Corner, Inter Miami CF. Conceded by Kobe Franklin.
- 51': Foul by Djordje Mihailovic (Toronto FC).
- 51': Maximiliano Falcón (Inter Miami CF) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 52': Alonso Coello (Toronto FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 52': Foul by Telasco Segovia (Inter Miami CF).
- 53': Josh Sargent (Toronto FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 53': Foul by Maximiliano Falcón (Inter Miami CF).
- 53': Maximiliano Falcón (Inter Miami CF) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 55': Josh Sargent (Toronto FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 55': Foul by Facundo Mura (Inter Miami CF).
- 56': Attempt blocked. Djordje Mihailovic (Toronto FC) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 56': Foul by Alonso Coello (Toronto FC).
- 56': Lionel Messi (Inter Miami CF) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 58': Substitution, Inter Miami CF. Noah Allen replaces Sergio Reguilón because of an injury.
- 59': Markus Cimermancic (Toronto FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 59': Foul by Casemiro (Inter Miami CF).
- 59': Goal! Inter Miami CF 0, Toronto FC 1. Josh Sargent (Toronto FC) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dániel Sallói.
- 62': Goal! Inter Miami CF 0, Toronto FC 2. Derrick Etienne (Toronto FC) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the bottom right corner.
- 64': Corner, Inter Miami CF. Conceded by Richie Laryea.
- 64': Attempt missed. Ian Fray (Inter Miami CF) with an attempt from very close range misses to the left. Assisted by Maximiliano Falcón with a headed pass following a corner.
- 65': Substitution, Toronto FC. Matheus Pereira replaces Dániel Sallói.
- 68': Matheus Pereira (Toronto FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 68': Foul by Facundo Mura (Inter Miami CF).
- 73': Delay in match for a drinks break.
- 73': Substitution, Inter Miami CF. Lovend's Delinois replaces Luis Suárez.
- 73': Substitution, Inter Miami CF. David Ayala replaces Casemiro.
- 73': Substitution, Inter Miami CF. Dániel Pintér replaces Telasco Segovia.
- 74': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 77': Foul by Markus Cimermancic (Toronto FC).
- 77': Rodrigo De Paul (Inter Miami CF) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 77': Substitution, Toronto FC. Theo Corbeanu replaces Josh Sargent.
- 78': Kobe Franklin (Toronto FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 78': Foul by Germán Berterame (Inter Miami CF).
- 78': Foul by Matheus Pereira (Toronto FC).
- 78': Dániel Pintér (Inter Miami CF) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 79': Kobe Franklin (Toronto FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 79': Foul by Lovend's Delinois (Inter Miami CF).
- 79': Offside, Inter Miami CF. Germán Berterame is caught offside.
- 81': Attempt blocked. Djordje Mihailovic (Toronto FC) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked.
- 82': Goal! Inter Miami CF 1, Toronto FC 2. Lionel Messi (Inter Miami CF) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Rodrigo De Paul with a through ball.
- 86': Delay in match (Inter Miami CF).
- 86': Substitution, Toronto FC. Jackson Gilman replaces Derrick Etienne.
- 87': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 87': Substitution, Toronto FC. Nicksoen Gomis replaces Djordje Mihailovic.
- 88': Attempt missed. Lovend's Delinois (Inter Miami CF) header from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Rodrigo De Paul.
- 90'+1': Fourth official has announced 8 minutes of added time.
- 90'+2': Attempt saved. David Ayala (Inter Miami CF) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Luka Gavran (Toronto FC). Assisted by Lovend's Delinois.
- 90'+5': Theo Corbeanu (Toronto FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+5': Foul by David Ayala (Inter Miami CF).
- 90'+5': David Ayala (Inter Miami CF) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+8': Markus Cimermancic (Toronto FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+8': Foul by David Ayala (Inter Miami CF).
- 90'+9': Second Half ends, Inter Miami CF 1, Toronto FC 2.
- 0': Match ends, Inter Miami CF 1, Toronto FC 2.
Statistics
 TOR |
MIA |
|
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Fouls | 15 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 3 | Offsides | 1 |
| 2 | Corner Kicks | 3 |
| 2 | Saves | 0 |
| 38.1 | Possession | 61.9 |
| 7 | SHOTS | 10 |
| 3 | ON GOAL | 3 |
| 0.4 | On Target % | 0.3 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 304 | Accurate Passes | 545 |
| 368 | Passes | 605 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 1 | Accurate Crosses | 4 |
| 15 | Crosses | 13 |
| 0.1 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 53 | Long Balls | 38 |
| 22 | Accurate Long Balls | 26 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.7 |
| 3 | Blocked Shots | 2 |
| 9 | Effective Tackles | 10 |
| 15 | Tackles | 15 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.7 |
| 9 | Interceptions | 6 |
| 13 | Effective Clearances | 15 |
| 13 | Clearances | 15 |
Game Information
Competition: MLS
Venue: Nu Stadium
Location: Miami, Florida, USA
Venue: Nu Stadium
Location: Miami, Florida, USA
MLS Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nashville SC | 21 | +26 | 49 |
| 2 | Inter Miami CF | 21 | +9 | 39 |
| 3 | Chicago Fire FC | 20 | +11 | 36 |
| 4 | New England Revolution | 20 | +7 | 33 |
Line-Ups
Inter Miami CF (4-3-2-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 97 | Dayne St. Clair (GK) |
| 37 | Maximiliano Falcón  |
| 2 | Gonzalo Luján |
| 3 | Sergio Reguilón |
| 17 | Ian Fray |
| 5 | Casemiro |
| 8 | Telasco Segovia |
| 7 | Rodrigo De Paul |
| 19 | Germán Berterame |
| 9 | Luis Suárez |
| 10 | Lionel Messi |
Toronto FC (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Luka Gavran (GK) |
| 12 | Zane Monlouis |
| 13 | Benjamín Kuscevic |
| 22 | Richie Laryea |
| 19 | Kobe Franklin |
| 10 | Djordje Mihailovic |
| 14 | Alonso Coello |
| 71 | Markus Cimermancic |
| 9 | Josh Sargent |
| 20 | Dániel Sallói |
| 11 | Derrick Etienne Jr. |
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