After the tie with New York City, can Messi's Inter Miami qualify for the playoffs?

Lionel Messi and Inter Miami have difficult options to get into the playoffs after their most recent draw against New York City. The Florida club must add as many points as possible in the remaining games to get into the playoffs zone. However, the club may not finish qualifying since Messi's presence remains an unknown, although it is believed that he should be against Chicago Fire.

Inter Miami failed to get past a draw against New York City and now, its chances for the playoffs are becoming increasingly smaller. Inter Miami does not give up and wants to qualify for the Major League Soccer play-offs. Without Lionel Messi, who has been suffering from discomfort and was not even on the substitute bench, Las Garzas tied 1-1 with New York City FC in Florida.

Those led by Gerardo 'Tata' Martino had a dramatic end to the game where they even came close to overturning the score; However, the crossbar denied David Ruíz the glory of victory after crashing his shot that bounced near the goal line and finally escaped. The visiting team went ahead on the scoreboard in the 76th minute through Santiago Rodríguez who received the ball near the crescent, drove between three to get into the area and practically without angles shot with power to beat Drake Callender.

The situation of Inter Miami

'the Herons' are thirteenth in the Eastern Conference and have 33 points after 30 games while Montreal, which is ninth (the last place that gives access to the playoffs), has 37 points after 31 games. After this equality, the South Florida team complicated its chances of making it to the MLS playoff with only four games left to finish the campaign.