Inter Miami has played Atlanta five times this year, and won just once, 2-1 in the playoff opener at home. Atlanta beat Miami 3-1 back in May, they tied 2-2 in September, and Atlanta stunned Miami on Saturday to force Game 3 with an extra-time game winner by Xande Silva before a crowd of 68,455 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

After Messi and Miami recorded the best regular season in league history, they crashed out of the postseason in the quarterfinals to No. 9 seed Atlanta.

There is plenty of early drama in the MLS Cup Playoff showdown between Inter Miami and Atlanta United Saturday evening.Lionel Messi and co. were huge favorites coming into the best-of-three series