Lionel Messi and Inter Miami will play two matches against the Vancouver Whitecaps later this month in the Concacaf Champions Cup semifinals.

A vintage Lionel Messi performance carried Inter Miami past LAFC and into the Concacaf Champions Cup semifinals.

Inter Miami face elimination from the Concacaf Champions League quarterfinals in Wednesday's second leg, which offers a chance to reverse course after losing the first leg to LAFC last week.

Two goals from Lionel Messi, even after a bit of controversy, sent Inter Miami to the Concacaf Champions Cup semifinals after beating LAFC 3-1 (3-2 on aggregate). After conceding early, Inter Miami were down 2-0 on aggregate but turned it around.

Inter Miami scored three unanswered goals to top LAFC in the CONCACAF Champions Cup quarterfinals. The catalyst? Lionel Messi, of course.

Lionel Messi has done it again. Inter Miami entered Wednesday's second leg vs. LAFC in the Concacaf Champions Cup quarterfinals trailing 1-0, needing to overturn a deficit. Matters were made worse in just the ninth minute when LAFC center-back Aaron Long brilliantly connected on an errant ball to make it 2-0 on aggregate,

Messi's clinical play and nonstop engine, albeit sputtering at times, helped Miami advance to the Concacaf Champions League semifinals.

Abajo 1-0 en el encuentro de vuelta. Abajo 2-0 en el marcador global. Y en la necesidad de marcar tres goles para avanzar.

Lionel Messi and Inter Miami are headed to the CONCACAF Champions Cup semifinals and it took a dramatic three-goal comeback to get there.