Charlotte, Red Bulls book MLS playoff berths

Charlotte FC squeezed past Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami 1-0 to sneak into Major League Soccer’s playoffs on Saturday in a nail-biting final day of regular season action. A 13th-minute goal from Charlotte’s Colombian striker Kerwin Vargas was enough to seal victory for the North Carolina franchise, which had drawn 2-2 with Miami in Florida on Wednesday. Messi was back in the starting lineup for Miami for the first time since September 20, when muscle fatigue left him sidelined and effectively torpedoed Inter’s hopes of mounting a late-season charge into the...