It’s crazy to think Inter Miami and Lionel Messi are already out of the playoffs. A surreal prospect became reality after the club was ousted from the postseason in the decisive Game 3 of its first round last week against wild card qualifier Atlanta United.

The broadcast of Inter Miami's final game of the 2024 MLS Cup Playoffs sounded a little different, not just because of the stunned silence at Chase Stadium when Lionel Messi's team crashed out to underdog Atlanta United.

Not yet, but it’s closer than we think. Messi is on the last ride of his legendary career. He is under contract with Inter Miami through 2025. He’ll be 38 years old next June, and hasn’t committed to playing in the next World Cup when he’ll be 39.

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There will be no MLS Cup for Lionel Messi and Inter Miami this year. Atlanta United saw to that with a massive upset, sending the game’s most decorated player and biggest-spending team home earlier than anyone imagined.

Yahoo Sports contributors Christian Polanco and Alexis Guerreros discuss Atlanta United’s upset over Inter Miami, eliminating Miami and Messi from the playoffs and how it happened. Hear the full conversation on the “The Cooligans” podcast - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts,

Inter Miami CF's shock elimination at the hands of Atlanta United is without question the biggest upset in MLS history. Fresh off their Supporters' Shield-winning season, in which they set the single-season points record,