Messi's Strike Proves Insufficient as Inter Miami Squanders 3-0 Advantage Against Orlando

Inter Miami looked destined for success during Argentine icon Messi's landmark 100th appearance for the Florida outfit.

However Orlando netted the closing four strikes to deliver the Herons their second loss in the Major League Soccer campaign.

Messi's exquisite effort in the 33rd minute extended the home team's lead to 3-0 the ex-Barcelona maestro bending a left-footed curler from beyond the area beyond Orlando custodian Maxime Crepeau.

Ian Fray had broken the deadlock for Miami in the fourth minute while Venezuelan Telasco Segovia added a second in the 25th.

Nevertheless the squad under Argentine manager Guillermo Hoyos struggled to sustain their intensity.

Argentine forward Martin Ojeda claimed Orlando's opening trio of goals halving the arrears in the 39th minute courtesy of a fine effort from range.

Ojeda mirrored that approach with a further attempt from the box's perimeter in the 68th minute.

He netted the leveller in the 79th minute via penalty kick lifting his seasonal haul to seven in 11 outings.

Tyrese Spicer rounded off the remarkable reversal in added time of the second period chasing down a lofted pass past the central defenders and tucking it through the legs of shot-stopper Dayne St. Clair.