Lionel Messi scored twice in the first half of the 2-1 victory of Inter Miami over the Revolution of New England on Wednesday and set a series of shape by unprecedented in Major League Soccer.
The 38-year-old Argentinian star has scored two goals in each of his last four MLS games that will be the first MLS player to score several goals in four consecutive games.
He launched De Streak at the end of May with two goals in a 4-2 victory over Montreal, followed by two in a 5-1 win over Columbus.
Miami then paused their MLS campaign to participate in the club World Cup -where Messi scored one goal in four games and Miami was eliminated in the round of 16 by Paris Saint -Germain.
The Javier Mascherano team returned to MLS promotion on Saturday with a 4-1 win in Montreal-also fed by a brace of eight times Ballon d'Or winner Messi.
In total, Messi has 14 goals in 15 ml matches, making him two behind the top scorer Sam Surridge, which appeared in six games before Nashville than Messi played this season.
“It is clear that Leo is a special player,” said Mascherano. “For me he is the best player who played this sport in history. It is incredible how he will do things that we might think many years ago that we cannot see at the moment.”
Messi put Miami 1-0 in the 27th minute in Gillette Stadium, took a good time from a revolution and shot a left shot from the heart of the area.
The Argentinian star doubled the score 11 minutes later, loaded on a long through the ball of Sergio Busquets and curled a left shot out of the reach of the Slovenian goalkeeper Aljaz Ivacic.
“They have played for many years, so just when they see each other, they connect and know what they think,” Mascherano said about the Busquets-Messi connection. “In the second goal, Busquets understands when and where Leo wants the ball. It's fantastic for us.”
Veteran -goalkeeper Oscar Ustari also played in Miami, with six saves before Spaniard Carles Gil succeeded in placing one by him, tadeo Allende in the 79th minute and rifle in a shot from outside the box.
With the victory, Miami climbed from the sixth to fifth in the classification of the Eastern Conference. At 35 points they are seven points behind leaders FC Cincinnati, but played with three fewer games after their World Cup break.
Their full schedule from July will take place on Saturday against Nashville, one of the three games in the next 10 days.
Mascherano said that the late goal of New England meant that he could not afford to get Messi out.
“We know that at some point we should find the moment to let him rest,” he said.