A closer look at the numbers suggests what Messi accomplished in 2025 was more impressive and should be considered the greatest attacking season in MLS history.

Lionel Messi wrapped up his 2025 MLS season with Inter Miami. Although on the collective front, the Argentinian superstar couldn’t guide his side to a second consecutive Shield win, his individual brilliance remained unmatched.

With his brace in the playoff game against Austin FC, LAFC star Denis Bouanga has joined an elite MLS club that even Lionel Messi hasn’t reached. Denis Bouanga has been one of the standout players of the 2025 MLS season,

LAFC superstar Son Heung-min won the Major League Soccer Goal of the Year award on Monday for his free kick against FC Dallas. The MLS Goal of the Year has been awarded since 1996, celebrating the best strike from each season. Son is the first LAFC player to win the honor, and he captured it with his first goal in the league.

The FIFPRO Men’s World 11 is officially revealed, led by Lamine Yamal, Kylian Mbappe, and Ousmane Dembele — but the absence of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo comes as both surprising and unusual.