Messi tracker: Goals, assists, key moments for Inter Miami - ESPN

Lionel Messi has no shortage of motivation in 2025. His Inter Miami CF won the Supporters' Shield last season, setting an MLS single-season record for points in the process, before being humbly knocked out of the playoffs in Round 1. This year, his second full campaign in the league, marks an opportunity for redemption. It's also the final season of his contract in South Florida.

Could the GOAT put pen to paper on a new deal that would run through next season and beyond the 2026 World Cup? Absolutely. In fact, the Herons expect him to do just that. But as ever in life, there are no guarantees.

So watch him while you can, savor every moment of Messi magic during his Stateside sojourn, because you never know. This could be the end.

While the Argentina captain is in MLS, ESPN is breaking down his performances for Miami game by game, providing stats and info every time he slips on a Herons jersey.

Messi's 2025 tally:

Games played: 2

Goals: 1

Assists: 2

Telasco Segovia equalizes the score at 2-2 in late stoppage time to give Inter Miami a point in the season opener.

It might not have been the result Miami wanted to open the MLS season, but Messi started right where he left off last campaign; laying on two assists for his teammates in Saturday's 2-2 draw.

The first came from a well-worked routine that ended with Messi squaring the ball for Tomás Avilés to tap-in in the fifth minute. The second was even better, pushing a perfectly weighted through-ball past the NYCFC defence and into the path of Telasco Segovia, who chipped the ball over an onrushing Matthew Freese and into the net — levelling the scores and salvaging a point for the hosts a full 10 minutes into stoppage-time.

Messi's 2025 campaign kicked off in the Concacaf