WASHINGTON: Second-half goals from Argentina strikers Juan Brunetta and Maximiliano Meza gave Mexico's Liga MX a 4-1 win over Major League Soccer in the MLS All-Star Game on Wednesday.
Argentine striker German Berterame and Moroccan Oussama Idrissi also scored for the Mexican league's top team in the win in Columbus, Ohio.
MLS has won previous All-Star meetings with Mexican league rivals, drawing 1-1 and winning 3-2 in the 2021 soccer matchup. and won 2-1 in 2022.
Berterame, a 25-year-old striker for Mexico's CF Monterrey, opened the scoring in the 16th minute.
Cucho Hernandez, a Colombian winger for the Columbus Crew, equalized for MLS in the 17th minute.
Idrissi responded for Liga MX in the 41st minute to give his side a 2-1 halftime lead.
Reserve Brunetta, a striker for Tigres UANL, strengthened the Liga MX lead in the 68th minute and Meza, a midfielder for Monterrey who also came off the bench to to start the second half, added another goal in the 69th for the final score.
Inter Miami's Lionel Messi missed the MLS side with a right ankle injury sustained in Argentina's win over Colombia in the Copa America final.
Messi, who missed two MLS games last week, is not guaranteed for Saturday's home game in Miami against Puebla as Inter begin their second year of defending the League Cup. there are MLS and Liga MX clubs that start on Friday.
