WASHINGTON: Second-half goals from Argentina forwards Juan Brunetta and Maximilian Meza gave Mexico's Liga MX a 4-1 victory over Major League Soccer in the MLS All-Star Game on Wednesday.
Argentinian striker German Berterame and Moroccan winger Oussama Idrissi also scored for the elite team of the Mexican league in the triumph in Columbus, Ohio.
MLS has won both previous All-Star games with Mexican rivals, drawing 1-1 in 2021 and winning 3-2 on penalty kicks and winning 2-1 in 2022.
Berterame, a 25-year-old forward for Mexico's CF Monterrey, opened the scoring in the 16th minute.
Columbus Crew winger Cucho Hernandez equalized for MLS in the 17th minute.
Idrissi replied for Liga MX in the 41st minute to give his side a 2-1 half-time lead.
Substitute Brunetta, a Tigres UANL forward, extended Liga MX's lead in the 68th minute and Meza, a Monterrey winger who also came off the bench early in the second half, added another goal in the 69th minute for the final difference.
Inter Miami's Lionel Messi did not play for MLS due to a right ankle injury suffered in Argentina's Copa America final win over Colombia.
Messi, who also missed two MLS games last week, is uncertain for Miami's home game against Puebla on Saturday as Inter begin their defense of the Leagues Cup, the second year of the tournament involving MLS and Liga MX clubs, which begins on Friday.
