Lionel Messi was set to play his 100th match with Inter Miami on Saturday when the club faced Orlando City in the Clásico de Florida. The milestone came with the matchup carrying the kind of attention that has followed Messi since he arrived in Miami.
Gastón Edul, an Embajador Periodístico de MLS Español, used the occasion to select the five best goals of Messi’s time in the Las Garzas shirt. Edul has accompanied great moments in Messi’s career, and this ranking was presented as his own selection rather than an official list from the club or the league.
The timing matters because Inter Miami has changed sharply with Messi in the side. The article places the club’s rise in the wider arc of becoming a reference team in Concacaf after starting from the bottom of the MLS standings, with notable teammates helping drive that shift. Saturday’s match offered a clean marker for how quickly that transformation has become part of the club’s identity.
That is also where the friction sits. A 100-match milestone and a top-five goals list can feel like celebration pieces, but they also underline how much of Inter Miami’s story now runs through one player. The ranking by Edul gives the moment a personal lens, yet it is not a formal club or league judgment, which keeps the focus on Messi’s influence rather than on an official verdict.
For Inter Miami, the next chapter is immediate and simple: Messi’s 100th appearance lands in a rivalry match that already carries extra weight, and the club’s new standard is measured against nights like this one.
