Main League Soccer commissioner Don Garber offered Lionel Messi with the 2025 Golden Boot award earlier than the primary sport of the Spherical One sequence between Inter Miami CF and Nashville SC, declaring the ahead had reset the trajectory for MLS.
Messi clinched the Golden Boot by scoring 29 targets in 28 video games, incomes the award for the primary time since becoming a member of Inter Miami in 2023.
“I am right here tonight not simply to attend the sport however to current Leo [Messi] with the Golden Boot. I do not assume we ever might have imagined that Leo [Messi] would have been capable of ship for this membership, for this metropolis and for this league the best way he had,” stated Garber.
The presentation of the award comes simply hours after Inter Miami introduced Messi signed a three-year contract extension with the membership, conserving him in South Florida by the 2028 MLS season.
“He has reset the trajectory for Main League Soccer and we had been already doing fairly effectively. And I feel having three extra years is simply going to be one other present,” stated Garber.
“Hopefully, it is the present that retains on giving. It has been only a thrill to observe him play and to see how blissful he’s right here in Miami and right here in the US.”
Messi, who’s the heavy favourite to win his second consecutive league MVP honor, additionally completed because the co-league chief in assists with 19.
Messi joined Inter Miami in July 2023, rapidly inspiring the membership to the 2023 inaugural Leagues Cup trophy earlier than clinching the 2024 Supporters’ Defend and setting the league file for many factors recorded in a single season.
Individually, Messi earned the 2024 MVP award and is at present a finalist for the 2025 version of the award. Ought to Messi win the 2025 MVP trophy, he would turn out to be the primary ever MLS participant to clinch the accolade on two consecutive events.