Inter Miami CF(7-2-4) had a 1-0 advantage in the 24th minute of play. Matt Miozga tried to clear the ball out from the middle of the FC Cincy penalty area. It deflected off the right knee of Lionel Messi and into the cage from nine yards away. It turned out to be Messi's 10th goal of the year.
FC Cincinnati(4-5-4) evened it up 1-1 during the 41st minute. Kevin Denkey placed in a penalty kick into the left side of the net.
In the second half, FC Cincy pulled ahead 2-1 in the 49th minute on a tally by Pavel Bucha with a right-footed, half-volley shot from five yards out. The Herons tied it up 2-2 when Messi scored his second goal of the contest in the 55th minute as he one-timed an 11-yard shot with his left foot. It became 3-2 for FC Cincinnati as Evander Da Silva Ferreira blasted a 21-yard shot with his right foot in the 64th minute of play.
The Herons would get three unanswered goals for the remainder of the second half. The Herons capitalized on a turnover which resulted in a Mateo Silvetti goal in the 79th minute from 15 yards away with his right foot to tie it 3-3.
Inter Miami CF moved ahead 4-3 during the 84th minute. German Berterame tapped in a right-footed shot from four yards into an open net after a rebound.
The Herons increased it to 5-3 in the 89th minute. Messi made a sliding shot with his right foot from 10 yards out that went off the right post, grazed the left shoulder of FC Cincinnati goalkeeper Roman Celentano and into the cage for an own goal.
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