Inter Miami 0-2 Houston Dynamo – US Open Cup final LIVE: Lionel Messi watches his team fall BEHIND as Griffin Dorsey fires the visitors ahead before Bassi doubles the lead with a penalty

After taking more than 40 minutes to finally get their first shot of the match, Benjamin Cremaschi sent the attempt into the fifth row of the crowd.

Houston is still applying a lot of pressure as they search for a goal in the final ten minutes of the half.

Hector Herrera converted the penalty to extend Miami’s lead inside the 33. He sent the kick up the middle as Callender dived to his right.

DeAndre Yedlin dove into a tackle and called a penalty as he brought down the attacker in front of him. He also received a yellow card

He was given miles of space as he sprinted into the penalty area before firing a shot into the top of the net from a difficult angle on the right side of the net.

After diving to his left to deflect a shot on the ground, he quickly rose to deflect the rebound attempt from close range.

Houston beats Miami 7-0 in terms of shots. However, only one of the shots landed on target.

He committed a foul that was deemed a major challenge by the referee

The Dynamo have not dropped below 55 percent possession so far and have held more than 60 percent for an extended period.

On two occasions the defense got a deflection and clearance from the link at the edge of the penalty area, while the third was lost as an early cross was played long.

After just two minutes he had to pick up a wayward through ball from Houston

The Miami crowd cheered loudly with excitement as kickoff was just moments away.

He appeared on the pregame coverage and was briefly interviewed

The good news for Miami is Sergio Busquets in the line-up, although Jordi Alba is also missing

Messi is not in the starting line-up nor on the bench tonight due to injury problems. A video emerged of Miami’s squad walking to the bench for tonight and Messi was not among them. Shortly thereafter, the pregame show confirmed his absence.

Escobar hails from the same city in Argentina as Messi and may get the chance to mark his idol on the pitch tonight

The world is eagerly awaiting official word on Lionel Messi’s status tonight. He suffers from a muscle problem that causes him to miss time.