Minnesota United defender Anthony Markanich (13) celebrates after scoring during the first half of an MLS soccer match against Inter Miami, Saturday, May 10, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
Inter Miami forward Lionel Messi (10) shoots the ball as Minnesota United defender Anthony Markanich (13) defends during the first half of an MLS soccer match Saturday, May 10, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
Minnesota United midfielder Robin Lod (17), left, Inter Miami midfielder Benjamin Cremaschi (30), center, and midfielder Sergio Busquets (5), right, collide during the first half of an MLS soccer match Saturday, May 10, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
Inter Miami forward Lionel Messi (10) celebrates after scoring a goal during the second half of an MLS soccer match against Minnesota United, Saturday, May 10, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
Inter Miami forward Lionel Messi (10) shoots and scores a goal during the second half of an MLS soccer match against Minnesota United, Saturday, May 10, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
Inter Miami midfielder Benjamin Cremaschi, right, reacts during the first half of an MLS soccer match against Minnesota United, Saturday, May 10, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
Inter Miami forward Lionel Messi (10) controls the ball as Minnesota United defender Anthony Markanich (13) defends during the first half of an MLS soccer match Saturday, May 10, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
Inter Miami forward Lionel Messi (10) stands on the field during the first half of an MLS soccer match against Minnesota United, Saturday, May 10, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
Hlongwane, Markanich and Lod each score a goal as Minnesota beats Miami 4-1
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Bongokuhle Hlongwane, Anthony Markanich and Robing Lod each scored a goal Saturday to help Minnesota United beat Inter Miami 4-1.
Minnesota United defender Anthony Markanich (13) celebrates after scoring during the first half of an MLS soccer match against Inter Miami, Saturday, May 10, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Bongokuhle Hlongwane, Anthony Markanich and Robing Lod each scored a goal Saturday to help Minnesota United beat Inter Miami 4-1.
Minnesota (6-2-4), which beat Austin 3-0 last time out to snap a three-game winless skid, has won back-to-back games.
to give Minnesota a 1-0 lead in the 32nd minute. Hlongwane, who scored a career-high 11 goal last season, slipped behind the defense and perfectly timed his run onto a ball played ahead by Carlos Harvey for a one-touch finish inside the back post from the right corner of the 6-yard box.
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Markanich made it 2-0 when he , his second goal in as many games and the third of his four-year MLS career. Michael Boxall played a long throw-in to the near post, where Nicolás Romero flicked a header backward to Markanich, who put away a header from point-blank range. It was the first career assist for Romero, a 21-year-old in his first MLS season.
Lionel Messi scored in the 48th minute, when he from the left-center of the area past the outstretched arm of diving goalkeeper Dayne St. Clair inside the back post.
Luis Suárez (personal reasons) did not play for Miami.
An made it 3-1 in the 68th and Robin Lod ran onto a pass from Tani Oluwaseyi and put away a — his first goal of the season — to cap the scoring in the 70th minute.
Miami (6-2-3) beat the New York Red Bulls 4-1 last time out to rebound from its first loss of the season, 4-3 defeat to Dallas at home on April 27.
Miami beat Minnesota 2-1 at home in June of 2022 in the only other meeting between the clubs.
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