Inter Miami is one win away from the MLS points record after defeating Toronto FC.
Miami's big four of Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez, Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba were all on the bench to start the match. The Herons registered just one shot on Sean Johnson's goal in the first half.
Toronto, on the other hand, managed seven shots and might've felt hard done by going into the halftime break still knotted up at 0–0. Messi and Busquets were introduced at the 60th minute point and the match began to open up.
The Herons found the opening goal deep in stoppage time. Leo Campana started the move with his persistent pressing deep in the Toronto half, and the Ecuador international finished the move off. After taking the ball off a Toronto player, Campana passed it out wide to Suárez who returned the favor with a first-time cross that Campana slammed home on the volley.
Campana split Toronto's defenders Tyrese Spicer and Raoul Petretta before taking a touch and finding the back of the net with a scissor-kick. In the past, Martino would've taken off Suárez for Campana, or vice versa. However, he decided to play both of them up top and it worked out to perfection with Miami claiming all three points and keeping a clean sheet on the road.
It was a gritty performance from Miami that featured some impressive one-on-one defending from Noah Allen and Serhiy Kryvtsov. With the win, Miami is now just three points away from breaking the MLS single-season points record that stands at 73 points set by the New England Revolution in 2021.
All eyes will be on the south Florida club next weekend when Martino's team aims to make history against the struggling Revolution at Chase Stadium.
