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MLS Decision Day: LAFC snatch top seed from LA Galaxy as playoffs fixed

  • Galaxy cede top seed to LAFC in agonizing fashion
  • Montreal and Atlanta vie for right to face Miami

After clinching MLS playoff berths with regular-season-ending wins on Saturday, CF Montreal and Atlanta United will square off in the Eastern Conference’s wild-card match on Tuesday.

The winner of the contest in Montreal draws a tough assignment in East’s quarter-finals: a best-of-three series against Lionel Messi and Inter Miami, who set the league’s single-season point record. A hat-trick from Messi lifted Miami past the New England Revolution on Saturday, giving Miami a 22-4-8 mark, good for 74 points.

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Lionel Messi’s 11-minute hat-trick helps Inter Miami break MLS points record

  • Messi and co stroll to 6-2 win over New England
  • Inter Miami awarded spot in 2025 Club World Cup

Lionel Messi and Inter Miami have put together the best regular season in Major League Soccer history.

Messi had three goals and an assist in the second half alone, Luis Suárez had a pair of first-half goals and Inter Miami beat the New England Revolution 6-2 on Saturday night, finishing the season with an MLS-record 74 points – one more than the Revolution had in 2021.

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‘I came here to win trophies’: Olivier Giroud leads LAFC to US Open Cup win

  • US Open Cup final: LAFC 3-1 Sporting Kansas City
  • Giroud picks up 12th major trophy of his career

Olivier Giroud and Hugo Lloris reached the pinnacle of soccer’s mountaintop by helping France win the 2018 World Cup. On Wednesday night, they said they celebrated just the same after helping Los Angeles Football Club take home the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup with a 3-1 victory over Sporting Kansas City in extra time.

Giroud and Lloris were just as surprised to be feeling the same emotion, but adding another trophy can do that.

“It is different when you have to play in a final. You just go for it. I’m really proud of the team,” said Giroud, who opened the scoring in the second half.

It is the 12th major trophy of Giroud’s career, who will turn 38 on Monday. Lloris joined LAFC this season, becoming the first World Cup winner to play for the club. Later during the MLS midseason break, Giroud joined the club on a free transfer from Milan, reuniting with his former international teammate.

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