WASHINGTON: Second-half goals from Argentine strikers Juan Brunetta and Maximiliano Meza gave Mexico's Liga MX a 4-1 victory over Major League Soccer in the MLS All-Star Game on Wednesday.
Argentine striker German Berterame and Moroccan winger Oussama Idrissi also scored goals for the Mexican league's elite team in their triumph in Columbus, Ohio.
MLS had won both previous All-Star meetings with Mexican league rivals: in 2021 the game ended in a 1-1 draw, in 2022 they won 3-2 on penalties and triumphed 2-1.
Berterame, a 25-year-old striker for Mexican side CF Monterrey, opened the scoring in the 16th minute.
Cucho Hernandez, a Colombian winger for the Columbus Crew, equalized for the MLS in the 17th minute.
Idrissi responded for Liga MX in the 41st minute, giving his team a 2-1 lead at halftime.
Substitute Brunetta, a Tigres UANL striker, increased Liga MX's lead in the 68th minute and Meza, a Monterrey winger who also came off the bench at the start of the second half, scored another goal in the 69th minute to make it final.
Inter Miami's Lionel Messi did not play for MLS due to a right ankle injury sustained in Argentina's victory over Colombia in the Copa America final.
Messi, who also missed two MLS games last week, is uncertain for Miami's home game against Puebla on Saturday as Inter begins its defense of the Leagues Cup, a second-year tournament involving clubs from MLS and Liga MX that begins Friday.
