Inter Miami chart history with comeback win over Charlotte FC

The Herons rallied from two goals down to defeat Charlotte FC, 3-2, Saturday night at DRV PNK Stadium on Emerson Rodriguez’s stoppage-time winner, the U22 Initiative signing’s first MLS goal. Gonzalo Higuain came off the bench to score for a second straight match, netting a 72nd-minute equalizer, and Robert Taylor got the comeback rolling with a spectacular solo effort in the 59th minute.

It was the type of win that can galvanize a club and provide evidence of Miami’s cultural shift after an offseason of roster upheaval.

“They’re creating their own culture, they’re creating their own identity,” Neville said of the reworked third-year club. “And I suppose the identity that we’re seeing is that this team never knows when it’s beat, it never knows when to give up, and it scores late goals. I think they’re a team that scores late goals and never knows when it’s beat. I think it’s a team that’s going to be successful in the future.”

“I walked into the cafeteria at nine o’clock after we got our staff meetings and everything, and there was 20, 25 players laughing, joking, energized and it inspired me,” he said. “I’ve never seen anything like it for a long time.”