Inter Miami picked up two of a possible three points on Saturday night with a shootout win after a 2–2 draw through 90 minutes against Liga MX’s Necaxa in both teams’ second match of the 2025 Leagues Cup.
While Miami ran into significant trouble, with Lionel Messi leaving due to injury and center back Maxi Falcón picking up a red card in the first 20 minutes, they found a way through and managed to keep themselves alive in the revised competition.
Telasco Segovia scored the opening goal for the Herons, before Tomas Badaloni and Ricardo Monreal scored for Necaxa, all prior to Jordi Alba’s tying strike in the second minute of second-half stoppage time to force penalties.
Miami won 5–4 in the penalty shootout, with Luis Suárez scoring the winning kick to secure two points and keep the Herons in the hunt for the top four seeds in the MLS table. Now, they look ahead to their final Phase One match against Pumas UNAM on Wednesday.
Here are 's takeaways from the matchup.






