Overcoming a series of opponents, Lionel Messi received the honor after two unprecedented records

The award for Best Player of the 12th Major League Soccer round of the 2024 season continues to be bestowed upon Messi, who plays for Inter Miami.

During the regular season, the Player of the Match award is determined by a vote that takes place after each match. The results of the voting conducted by the media and fans, which was organized by MLS Communications, resulted in this award.

To be more specific, journalists who are members of the North American Soccer Journalists Association (NASR) accounted for 75% of the votes. These journalists come from a variety of news outlets, including print, television, radio, and internet news sites. The remaining twenty-five percent of votes are cast by fans through the voting system made available on social networks (which was formerly known as Twitter).

Messi won the MLS Player of the Year award for the second consecutive time

This award is completely worthy of the Argentine star’s outstanding performance in the last round, when Inter Miami faced New York Red Bulls. Messi became the first player in MLS History to make 5 assists and 1 goal in a match at the tournament, helping Inter Miami crush their opponents with a 6-2 score, thereby consolidating the top spot in the table. MLS ratings.

Thus, up to now, Messi has won the MLS Player of the Match award three times in the same season, becoming the second player to achieve this achievement in the tournament’s history, after New York’s Thierry Henry. Red Bulls in 2012 (rounds 3, 4 and 5).

Messi played sublimely in the Inter Miami shirt

Besides, with 3 Best Player of the Match titles, Messi also officially surpassed Leonardo Campana to become the player with the most titles in Inter Miami history.

Thanks to Messi’s explosiveness, Miami has scored an average of 2.66 goals per Game, equaling the MLS single-season record set by LA Galaxy in 1998.

The team nicknamed the Herons currently leads MLS in points (24), points per Game (2.00), wins (seven), goals scored (32) and goal difference (+14 ). In the last 4 matches, the Club has scored 16 goals with at least 3 goals per match.