Lionel Messi scored twice as Inter Miami beat the defending Major League Soccer champions Columbus Crew 3-2 to clinch the Supporters Shield awarded for the best regular season record.

Messi had been subdued until the 45th minute when he put Inter ahead — chesting down a long ball into the box and getting a lucky bounce off Crew defender Malte Amundsen before poking home. Minutes later, Messi made it 2-0, taking advantage of a poorly assembled wall to curl a laser-precision free-kick into the corner past the stationary Columbus keeper Patrick Schulte. But 20 seconds into the second half, Columbus one back through Diego Rossi. Columbus gifted Miami a third when Luis Suarez headed home. The Crew fought back to make it 3-2 through a Cucho Hernandez penalty.