Just as the muggy heat followed by heavy rain was so typical of a South Florida September day, so Inter Miami’s 3-2 win over D.C. United on Saturday epitomized what you usually can see at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale on a Saturday night. All of Inter Miami’s weak points were in display – their shaky defense, their slow and labored midfield play and their general lack of compactness or intensity – but in the end it didn’t matter because Lionel Messi plays for them and even at 38 years of age he makes all the difference. Two goals and an assist from the...

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