Lionel Messi's hat trick all but clinches MLS Golden Boot - ESPN
Inter Miami captain Lionel Messi struck a hat trick on the final day of MLS' regular season Saturday to all but clinch the 2025 MLS Golden Boot award.
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Lionel Messi Returns From Injury, Scores Inter Miami’s Game-Winner vs. MLS Champs
After missing Inter Miami’s last two games with a leg muscle injury, Lionel Messi returned to MLS action on Saturday night, coming off the Herons’ substitutes' bench at halftime and scoring the match-winning goal with six minutes to play and adding an assist in an eventual 3-1 victory over the LA Galaxy.
Inter Miami F Lionel Messi (leg) ruled out for Sunday
FLORIDA: Inter Miami superstar Lionel Messi will not travel for Sunday’s match at Orlando City due to a “minor” muscle injury in his right leg, coach Javier Mascherano said Saturday.
MLS, playing without Messi, beats Liga MX 3-1 in All-Star Game
AUSTIN: Sam Surridge, Tai Baribo and Brian White scored goals and Major League Soccer defeated Liga MX of Mexico 3-1 in the MLS All-Star Game on Wednesday night playing without Lionel Messi. Messi and his Inter Miami teammate, Jordi Alba, both face possible league suspensions for their team’s next match against Cincinnati on Saturday for missing the All-Star game. “Messi’s the greatest,” MLS coach Nico Estévez said. “Playing with him and coaching him would be something amazing. But we have to show respect for the guys that showed up today.
MLS All-Star coach hopeful missing Lionel Messi plays - ESPN
The 2025 MLS All-Star Game in Austin, Texas, was supposed to be the first featuring Lionel Messi after injury kept him out of the 2024 event.
5 Games, 10 Goals: Lionel Messi Extends Sensational Scoring Streak
Lionel Messi extended his historic streak to five straight multi-goal games, and Inter Miami snapped Nashville SC's 15-match unbeaten streak with a 2-1 win on Saturday night.
Messi at the double again to lift Miami to MLS win over Nashville
MIAMI: Lionel Messi continued his historic Major League Soccer scoring run Saturday, netting two goals for the fifth game in a row to lift Inter Miami to a 2-1 victory over Nashville. Just days after he became the first player to score multiple goals in four straight MLS matches, Messi did it again as Miami continued their climb up the Eastern Conference standings after their league hiatus for the Club World Cup. Messi, the eight-time Ballon d’Or winner, opened the scoring in the 17th minute with a trademark left-foot free-kick, which found the only gap in Nashville’s defensive wall to go past goalkeeper Joe Willis. Miami dominated in the first half but, just four minutes after half-time, Hany Mukhtar’s header pulled Nashville level. Messi grabbed the winner in the 62nd minute when he capitalized on a bad mistake from Willis, who misjudged a pass to tee up the Argentine for the strike. The two goals — on the heels of his two in a 2-1 win over New England on Wednesday — took Messi’s total to 16 in 16 appearances this season, tied with Nashville’s Sam Surridge, who was unable to add to his tally of 16 on Saturday. “There are not many words. It’s incredible what he keeps doing, breaking records now every three days, not even every weekend,” Miami coach Javier Mascherano said. “He is the standard-bearer of our team that shows us the way to compete.
Lionel Messi extends MLS-record streak with 2 more goals - ESPN
Lionel Messi continued to make history on Saturday, extending his MLS-record streak of multigoal games as he scored twice in Inter Miami's 2-1 win over Nashville SC.