Messi has 'reset MLS trajectory'
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Nashville SC —In their first year under former U.S. men’s national team interim head coach B.J. Callaghan, Nashville SC have shown they can win a big game, having taken their first trophy in the 2025 U.S. Open Cup. That duo of Sam Surridge and Hany Mukhtar isn’t anything to scoff at either.
Major League Soccer has featured a number of successful teams. Here is a look at the teams that have defined the league's first 30 years.
One of the top teams in the league looks to continue its strong play into the MLS Cup Playoffs, as Inter Miami gets set to host Nashville SC in Game 1 of their first-round series on Friday night.
After renewing his contract until 2028, Lionel Messi continues to lead Inter Miami, this time in the first leg of the 1st round of the MLS playoffs against Nashville: a match won 3-1. Messi opened
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Carlos Vela and his career that led him to MLS
Carlos Vela started his career off with Mexican-side Guadalajara, commonly known as Chivas. He also gained fame after his participation in the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Cup where Mexico came out victorious with Vela winning the Golden Boot at five goals.
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Jay Sugarman wants the Union to get more respect, and knows winning MLS Cup will make that happen
As the Union return to the playoffs, the team's principal owner knows the biggest prize "feels like the one thing we haven’t quite gotten our hands on.” And he knows the pressure there is to get it.
With Chicago and Portland taking care of business, MLS's 2025 playoff bracket is complete. Here's the full schedule and road to MLS Cup
Messi was named a finalist for the MVP award Thursday along with Los Angeles FC’s Denis Bouanga, San Diego’s Anders Dreyer (San Diego FC), Cincinnati’s Evander and Nashville’s Sam Surridge. The award is expected to be handed out before the MLS Cup final on Dec. 6.
Lionel Messi starts off MLS Cup Playoffs with a bang by scoring rare header goal with acrobatic dive
Messi magic in Game One! 💥 What a start for @InterMiamiCF. // Audi MLS Cup Playoffs pic.twitter.com/6ugOORVHGT Miami were able to ride that goal to a halftime lead, which put them 45 minutes closer to defeating Nashville SC in this best-of-three series,
So it shouldn’t have come as much of a surprise that the New York City FC goalie wasn’t even aware that he had been named a finalist for MLS goalkeeper of the year, or that it was only through a text from his girlfriend that he learned the news.