Inter Miami CF forward Lionel Messi was voted the Major League Soccer Player of the Matchday presented by Michelob Ultra for Matchday 39 of the 2025 MLS season. Messi finished off his 2025 regular sea

Any doubts over the 38-year-old’s battle with Father Time have proven to be unfounded. Messi concluded a record-breaking individual MLS regular season campaign with a hat-trick against Nashville SC on Saturday night, taking his league tally to 29 goals and 19 assists.

With Messi scoring a hat trick and Sam Surridge also scoring for Nashville, that could be a blockbuster of a playoff series as Miami will have the added mental boost of defeating Nashville to close out the season.

Messi’s hat trick against Nashville follows his performance off the bench against the New England Revolution on Oct. 19, 2024, three days after his 10th international hat trick for Argentina in a World Cup qualifier against Boliva on Oct. 16, 2024. Yeah, two in one week.

Lionel Messi has contributed to more goals in the 2025 Major League Soccer season than 11 teams have scored in the league.

Lionel Messi has delivered two assists and helped start a play leading to another goal as Argentina beat Puerto Rico 6-0 in a friendly match

It has been more than four years since Lionel Messi left Barcelona after contract talks with the club collapsed.Ever since, president Joan Laporta has been keen on honouring Messi by hosting a

Messi’s MLS records include being the only player to register at least 36 goal contributions in multiple seasons, and becoming only the second player to lead the league in both goals and assists. When he scored a hat-trick in the the last game of the regular season – a 5-2 victory over Nashville – Messi set another record.