WASHINGTON: Second-half goals from Argentina forwards 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.
Argentinian forward German Berterame and Moroccan winger Oussama Idrissi also scored for the Mexican league elite side in the triumph in Columbus, Ohio.
MLS has won both previous All-Star meetings with its Mexican league rivals, drawing 1-1 and winning 3-2 on penalties in 2021 and taking a 2-1 triumph in 2022.
Berterame, a 25-year-old forward 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 replied for Liga MX in the 41st minute to give his side a 2-1 lead at the break.
Substitute Brunetta, a forward for Tigres UANL, extended Liga MX's lead in the 68th minute, and Meza, a Monterrey winger who also came off the bench to start the second half, added another goal in the 69th for the final margin.
Inter Miami's Lionel Messi did not play for MLS due to a right ankle injury suffered in Argentina's win 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 League Cup, a tournament in its second year involving MLS and Liga clubs MX starting on Friday.
