Messi scores twice, assists in triumphant return as Inter Miami routs Philadelphia

After three months away from the pitch, Lionel Messi returned to Fort Lauderdale on Saturday and offered a quiet reminder that greatness, when it steps back into the light, rarely needs time to adjust. Scoring twice within four minutes and setting up a third, the Argentine led Inter Miami past Philadelphia Union 3-1, restoring both the team's momentum and the broader sense that something rare is still unfolding in Major League Soccer. At 37, Messi now holds the league's fastest combined goals-and-assists record, a statistical footnote that points toward a deeper truth: some careers do not decl