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Lionel Messi scores twice, sends Miami past Dallas in Leagues Cup thriller featuring shootout, 2 own goals

Lionel Messi scored five goals in his first three with games with Inter Miami.

On Sunday, it took him less than six minutes to score No. 6 in a Leagues Cup knockout match against FC Dallas. He bookended the score with a dramatic game-tying goal late in regulation to send the game into penalty kicks, tied at 4-4. There, Miami won the shootout, 5-4 to advance to the Leagues Cup quarterfinals.

Miami secured the win on a muggy North Texas night with temperatures exceeding 100 degrees in front of a Dallas home crowd hoping to witness Messi's first loss with Miami.