Tadeo Allende, the man helping Lionel Messi lead Inter Miami’s attack into the MLS Cup Final

FORT LAUDERDALE Fla AP It wasn t Messi who got Inter Miami on the scoresheet for the club s first conference final It was Tadeo Allende the -year-old Argentine only at Inter Miami for one year on a loan from Spanish club Celta de Vigo who scored a hat trick in the - win over New York City FC to send Inter to their first MLS Cup Final Allende was of unit named the player of the challenge on the Apple TV broadcast after scoring three goals eclipsing his prior two standout playoff performances In games during the regular season Allende scored goals Just in the playoffs he has scored eight including back-to-back-to-back multigoal performances to get Inter Miami into the final He scored both of Inter Miami s goals in the opening part of the first half to give the Herons the cushion they would need to hold off NYCFC then got the final goal for the emphatic win Allende s impact started in the first-round elimination encounter against Nashville when he scored twice to get Inter Miami into the Eastern Conference semifinal where he once again had two goals to propel the crew into the conference final Messi seems to be on track for another MVP season in what would be historic consecutive campaigns is the only participant with more goal contributions for Inter Miami during this run Messi has provided Allende with three assists during these playoffs while Jordi Alba has provided two to him Inter Miami as Eastern Conference champion will play the winner of the Western Conference next Saturday which will either be San Diego FC or the Vancouver Whitecaps AP MLS https apnews com hub major-league-soccer Source