WASHINGTON: Second-half goals by Argentine forwards Juan Brunetta and Maximiliano Meza gave Mexico's Liga MX a 4-1 victory over Major League Soccer in Wednesday's MLS All-Star Game.
Argentinian striker German Berterame and Moroccan winger Oussama Idrissi also scored for the Mexican league's elite squad in the triumph in Columbus, Ohio.
MLS had won both previous All-Star meetings with Mexican league rivals, drawing 1-1 and winning 3-2 on penalties in 2021 and claiming a 2-1 triumph in 2022.
Berterame, a 25-year-old forward for Mexico's CF Monterrey, scored 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.
Reserve Brunetta, a striker for Tigres UANL, added to Liga MX's lead in the 68th minute and Meza, a winger for Monterrey who also came off the bench to start the second half, added another goal in the 69th for last margin.
Inter Miami's Lionel Messi did not play for MLS due to a right ankle injury in Argentina's win over Colombia in the Copa America final.
Messi, who also missed two MLS games last week, is doubtful ahead of Miami's Saturday home game against Puebla as Inter begins its defense of the Leagues Cup, a second-year tournament involving MLS and Liga MX clubs that begins Friday.
