Lionel Messi Scores First Goal After Father's Death

TLDR

• Lionel Messi scored his first goal since the death of his father, Jorge Messi, during a Major League Soccer match on Wednesday.
• Messi, 39, gave Inter Miami a 2-1 lead in the 26th minute with a left-footed shot into the far corner of the net.
• After scoring, Messi celebrated quietly with his teammates and raised his hands to the sky in memory of his father.
• This goal was Messi's first since returning from Argentina following his father's death on August 8.
• Messi also assisted in Inter Miami's first goal five minutes prior to his own, helping set up Luis Suárez for a header that Daniel Pinter finished.