Messi needed just 33 minutes to do things that no MLS player had ever done in a full game, and that Messi had never done in his career.
Messi set up all three goals of a Luis Suarez hat trick as Inter Miami hangs six on Red Bulls in Fort Lauderdale
Nikola Petkovic scored his first MLS goal, Enzo Copetti also scored and FC Charlotte beat the Portland Timbers 2-0 Saturday night. Kristijan Kahlina stopped three shots, and had his third shutout of the season, for Charlotte (4-5-2). Petkovic took a pass from Nathan Byrne near the corner of the penalty area, paused briefly before exploding past two defenders and scoring with a side-footer from the center of the area to make it 1-0 in the 54th minute.
Luis Suarez scored a second half hat-trick and Lionel Messi had five assists and a goal as a rampant Inter Miami crushed the New York Red Bulls 6-2 in Major League Soccer on Saturday.Without Messi, Miami had fallen to a 4-0 defeat to the Red Bulls in New York in March, but they more than avenged that loss with their merciless second half demolition job.