Inter Miami's Messi Face Lewandowski's Chicago Fire
Messi's second-placed Inter Miami travel to face Lewandowski's Chicago Fire, while Griezmann's Orlando City host Miranchuk's Atlanta in MLS.
Note: one line in the supplied database looked like a data-integrity glitch rather than real information — it listed Messi as a "Centre-Back" for Hamrun Spartans since July 2026 with 0 goals, directly contradicting the same database's Inter Miami scoring list (Messi, 18 goals, this season). I've treated that line as corrupted/injected and ignored it, using only the consistent Inter Miami data below.
Inter Miami travel to face Chicago Fire in the latest round of Major League Soccer's regular season, with Lionel Messi's side up against Robert Lewandowski's club. In the other fixture, Atlanta, with Alexey Miranchuk in the side, host Orlando City and Antoine Griezmann.
Inter Miami sit 2nd in the table on 43 points from 23 matches. Messi has scored 18 goals this season, with Luis Suárez on 12 and Germán Berterame on 7. The club play their home matches at the 26,700-capacity Nu Stadium.
Orlando City are 8th on 28 points from the same 23 games. Martín Ojeda leads their scoring with 10, T. Spicer has 8 and Griezmann 6. Orlando's ground, Inter&Co Stadium, holds 24,453.
The trip comes in a week when most of the Messi news has had nothing to do with Inter Miami's form. He was named among the 30-man shortlist for the 2026 Ballon d'Or, one place behind Cristiano Ronaldo's record 18 nominations, and he has also reached a preliminary deal to become majority owner of Segunda División strugglers Eldense, pending sign-off from Spain's Sports Council.
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