Inter Miami captain Lionel Messi has been named the 2025 MLS MVP, changing into the primary participant in league historical past to safe the award in back-to-back seasons.
He’s solely the second participant ever to win the consideration twice, becoming a member of Predrag Radosavljevic, who claimed the trophy in 1997 and 2003.
Messi completed the common season with 29 targets in 28 matches, incomes the 2025 Golden Boot and guiding Miami to 3rd place within the Jap Convention.
He additionally offered 19 assists. The Argentina star is now the one participant in MLS historical past to achieve at the very least 36 objective contributions in a number of seasons, reaching the feat in each 2024 and 2025.
Within the playoffs, he added six targets and 9 assists as Inter Miami lifted their first MLS Cup with a 3-1 win over the Vancouver Whitecaps on December 6.
Messi received the MVP vote with 70.43% of the general tally, ending forward of fellow finalists Anders Dreyer, Denis Bouanga, Evander and Sam Surridge. The voting is cut up between media, gamers and golf equipment.
He acquired 83.05% of the media vote, 55.17% from gamers and 73.08 % from golf equipment.
Since arriving in the summertime of 2023, Messi has helped Miami win the inaugural Leagues Cup, the 2024 Supporters’ Defend, and set a league document for many factors in a season, culminating on this 12 months’s MLS Cup triumph.
On a private degree, he has collected the 2023 Newcomer of the 12 months award, the 2025 Golden Boot, and now consecutive MVP honours in 2024 and 2025.
