Lionel Messi missed four good opportunities and Inter Miami had to be satisfied with a void 0-0 verdict against the Chicago Fire on Sunday.
Miami (4-0-3) remained undefeated this season.
Messi took advantage of a free kick in the 62nd minute, but he touched the crossbar. Another free kick 13 minutes later spent a foot over the upper corner, then another came close to the target in the 86th.
The Fire goalkeeper (3-2-3), Chris Brady, also stopped a shot from the left foot of the star player from the 4th minute of play.
“La Pulga” was not in action during the last two visits to Chicago. His presence this time attracted 62,58 spectators, the biggest crowd in the history of the Fire.
The best chance of the premises occurred at the 88 minute on a powerful shot from Jonathan Bamba that Oscar Ustari was able to block. Ustari made seven stops for Miami, against three by Brady.
Elsewhere in the MLS:
Kansas City 2 – Portland 4
Kelvin Kelsy has scored in each period and timings have now been undefeated for five games. David Ayala opened the scoring in the 10th minute thanks to his first goal of the season, then Portland took advantage of a goal against his Jansen Miller camp.
St louis 1 – columbus 2
Joao Klauss opened the brand for St Louis after 7 minutes, but the Crew replied in the time added the first half thanks to Steven Moreira, then thanks to Diego Rossi in the second half.
