Lionel Messi did not play in Inter Miami’s CONCACAF Champions Cup Group of 16 home match against Jamaican club Cavalier FC on Thursday night. The 37-year-old star forward missed his second consecutive game after sitting out an MLS match at Houston on Sunday.

Lionel Messi's Inter Miami will host Cavalier of Jamaica in the first leg of the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round of 16. In their initial games of 2025, Inter Miami achieved a key milestone by defeating Sporting Kansas City and securing their place in the Round of 16 of the CONCACAF Champions Cup.

Second-half goals from Tadeo Allende and Luis Suarez lifted Inter Miami to a 2-0 win over Cavalier SC on Thursday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., in the first leg of a CONCACAF Champions Cup round of 16 series.