"The Inter Miami captain led the league with a total of 29 goals in 28 games to clinch the 2025 Golden Boot and help Inter Miami to a third-place finish in the Eastern Conference. He added 19 assists. The Argentine forward now stands as the only player in MLS history to record at least 36 goal contributions in a single season on multiple occasions, doing so in 2024 and 2025."
"Inter Miami CF captain Lionel Messi was named the 2025 MLS MVP on Tuesday, becoming the first player in league history to win the award in two consecutive seasons. Messi is also only the second player to ever win the trophy twice, joining Preki (Predrag Radosavljević) who won the award in 1997 and 2003."
"The World Cup winner received 83.05% of the media vote, 55.17% of the player vote and 73.08% of the club vote to heavily trump the other candidates. Since joining the club in the summer of 2023, Messi has led Inter Miami to the inaugural Leagues Cup trophy, the 2024 Supporters' Shield, helped set the record for most points recorded in a single season and now the ultimate with the league title."
Lionel Messi won the 2025 MLS MVP, becoming the first player to win consecutive MVP awards and the second player to win the trophy twice. Messi scored 29 goals in 28 regular-season games and provided 19 assists, securing the 2025 Golden Boot and recording at least 36 goal contributions in both 2024 and 2025. He added six goals and nine assists in the playoffs as Inter Miami captured its first MLS Cup with a 3-1 win over Vancouver. Messi received 70.43% of total MVP votes and significantly dominated media, player and club voting percentages. He helped Miami win the Leagues Cup and Supporters' Shield while setting a single-season points record.
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