Inter Miami, without Messi, loses 1st MLS game of season as FC Dallas rallies for a 4-3 victory

FORT LAUDERDALE Fla AP Inter Miami lost its first MLS championship of the season Sunday with Lionel Messi watching from a private box as FC Dallas scored three unanswered goals in the second half for a - preeminence Inter Miami squandered a two-goal advantage and slipped to - - with points Inter Miami lost at Vancouver in the first leg of its CONCACAF Champions Cup semifinal round on Thursday Messi played all minutes of Miami s - loss With the teams playing the second leg in Miami on Wednesday the -year-old Messi playing Sunday seemed unlikely Pedrinho scored the go-ahead goal in the st minute to cap the comeback for Dallas - - points Logan Farrington retrieved a ball before it crossed the backline and centered to an open Pedrinho who converted from yards Goals from Osaze Urhoghide and Anderson Julio within a five-minute span midway through the second half tied it at Urhoghide got Dallas within one when he beat Miami goalkeeper Drake Callender with a shot outside the -yard box in the th minute Julio scored the equalizer when he retrieved a long ball from Pedrinho dribbled unmarked inside the large area and beat Callender with an -yard conversion Down an early goal Miami responded with two strikes within a -minute span in the first half The tying total was ruled an own goal when a shot by Faf Picault bounced off Dallas defender Shaq Moore near the goal line and into the net in the th minute Allen Obando put Miami ahead with a goal in the th minute Picault centered a pass to Obando inside the -yard box where he tapped in a shot for his first Miami goal Miami signed the -year-old Obando on loan from the Ecuadorian first division in March David Martinez padded the lead for Miami with a goal in the th minute He retrieved a loose ball on the left wing and converted with a shot that landed inside the right post Dallas struck first on Shaq Moore s goal in the eighth minute Moore retrieved a loose ball and blasted a shot from yards that landed high inside the left post In addition to Messi his former Barcelona teammates Luis Su rez and Jordi Alba didn t play Sunday