Lionel Messi became the first player in Major League Soccer history with four consecutive multi-goal games, scoring twice to lead Inter Miami past the New England Revolution 2-1.

Lionel Messi produced a pair of first half goals and Inter Miami held on in a 2-1 win against the Revolution. Playing in front of a crowd of 43,293, the game followed a familiar, albeit counterintuitive script: The home team were the Washington Generals, while the star-studded away side happily occupied the role of Harlem Globetrotters.

Lionel Messi made MLS history in Inter Miami’s 2–1 victory over the New England Revolution at Gillette Stadium. The Argentine became the first MLS player to score multiple goals in four consecutive regular-season matches.

Lionel Messi became the first player in Major League Soccer history with four consecutive multi-goal games, scoring twice to lead Inter Miami past the New England Revolution, 2-1, . Miami (10-3-5) has won four straight and is unbeaten in its last five.

The New England Revolution expect a season-high crowd at Gillette Stadium for Wednesday night’s regular season rendezvous with star-studded Inter Miami CF and transcendent striker Lionel Messi. But how much Messi plays — whether he even takes the field at all — remains to be seen.

Those fears were unfounded. Messi played and lived up to the hype. For every kid who used to get up early to watch him play games in Spain or learned soccer playing the FIFA video game. Messi still plays like the guy on their screen.

With a one of the world’s biggest superstars on center stage at Gillette Stadium, fans from far and wide flocked to Foxboro. Lionel Messi and Inter Miami took the New England Revolution Wednesday night. Outside before the game, tailgaters prepared to see one of the greatest soccer players of all time take the field.