How Real Salt Lake’s budding superstars stacked up against the greatest of all time
By Krysyan Edler
Published on April 23, 2026.
Real Salt Lake and Inter Miami CF played in a match at America First Field in Sandy, Utah, on Wednesday night. Over 21,000 fans attended the match, which saw Inter's Lionel Messi, the greatest soccer player of all time, win 2-0. Despite being held scoreless until the 82nd minute, Real Salt Lake's Rodrigo De Paul scored the first goal of the match and Luis Suarez added another one a minute later. The match was marked by a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to watch Messi play live. Despite the loss, RealSalt Lake's head coach Pablo Mastroeni said his team will rebound and make healthy decisions before the weekend.
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