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This article was originally published on www.si.com as Lionel Messi Eyes Career-First Milestone in Race to Score Against Every MLS Side. In just two years in a pink shirt, Lionel Messi is closing in on scoring against every MLS team, with FC Cincinnati next up for the Inter Miami forward.

Lionel Messi registered his fifth straight multigoal game, propelling Miami to the top of ESPN's MLS Power Rankings.

Argentine midfielder Rodrigo De Paul has agreed to contract terms with Inter Miami, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

Another week of MLS is in the books, and once again Lionel Messi and Evander are amid the top players from the weekend. For Messi, it looked like a fifth straight brace, while Evander scored another world-class strike in a loss to Columbus Crew SC.

Lionel Messi scored two goals in Inter Miami’s 2-1 victory over Nashville SC on Saturday, extending his record-breaking streak of scoring multiple goals in a Major League Soccer game to five.

De Paul's contract will expire in 2027 rather than 2026 since Atleti activated his one-year option in order to negotiate some of the deal's important terms.

With his latest free-kick strike, Messi now has 69 career goals from dead-ball situations. That puts him just eight shy of equaling Brazilian legend Juninho Pernambucano, who owns