Argentine soccer legend Lionel Messi has been named the 2024 Main League Soccer (MLS) Most Beneficial Participant (MVP) after a outstanding debut season with Inter Miami.
Messi, the previous Barcelona and PSG star, scored 20 objectives and offered 16 assists in simply 19 appearances, regardless of lacking some video games as a result of damage. His unbelievable performances helped Inter Miami obtain a record-breaking common season and win the Supporters’ Defend.
The 37-year-old’s MVP win marks the tenth time a South American participant has earned the honour and the fifth time for an Argentine. Messi now joins an elite record of Argentine MVPs, together with Luciano Acosta, Diego Valeri, Guillermo Barros Schelotto, and Christian Gomez.
Messi joined Inter Miami in July 2023 on a contract that runs till the top of the 2025 MLS season. Though there is no such thing as a extension possibility for 2026, Inter Miami co-owner Jorge Mas is optimistic Messi will stick with the staff, particularly because the membership strikes to its new stadium, Miami Freedom Park.
“Messi is underneath contract by means of 2025, and we’ll talk about his future. I consider he will probably be our No. 10 once we open our new stadium in 2026,” Mas stated through ESPN.
Inter Miami can also be making ready for the expanded FIFA Membership World Cup, the place they’ve been drawn in Group A and can face Egyptian giants Al Ahly.
