FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Inter Miami lost its first MLS game of the season Sunday with Lionel Messi watching from a private box as FC Dallas scored three unanswered goals in the second half for a 4-3 victory. Inter Miami squandered a two-goal advantage and slipped to 5-1-3, with 18 points.

Inter Miami threw away a 3-1 lead as they suffered their first loss of the Major League Soccer season with a stunning 4-3 defeat to FC Dallas on Sunday.With Miami trailing 2-0 from the first-leg of that tie with the Vancouver Whitecaps,

Inter Miami rests Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, and Jordi Alba as they prepare for the decisive Champions Cup semifinal against Vancouver in Fort Lauderdale.