Miami Is a Bit of a Messi as It Travels to Face Union

Miami is a bit of a Messi as it travels to face Union

CHESTER — One team is three wins away from a trophy and sitting first in the East. The other is squarely in the middle of the Eastern Conference pack trying to differentiate itself. You might have envisioned in preseason those as the storylines for the Union’s visit from Inter Miami on Saturday. But if you did, chances are the roles would’ve been reversed. Instead, it’s the Union (9-2-3, 29 points) flying high into the meeting, level on points w…

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