With Lionel Messi in the final year of his contract with Inter Miami, ESPN provides game-by-game analysis of the World Cup winner's performances.

See the full list of 2025 MLS golden boot leading scorers after Lionel Messi won the honor for the first time by a distance.

In recent matchups, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have been in spectacular form, consistently finding the back of the net. Notably, Messi delivered an outstanding performance in the last game, securing a hat-trick and demonstrating his exceptional prowess on the field.

Harry Kane has scored 20 goals in 12 games for Bayern Munich in all competitions in 2025-26. He is the fastest to 20 goals, more than Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo have ever managed from the start of a season in their club careers (Messi 17,

After another goal for Bayern Munich, Harry Kane has surpassed the stellar goalscoring records of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Vancouver Whitecaps star Thomas Müller has been one of the best players in the MLS since his league debut, right up there with Lionel Messi.

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 has been crowned the top scorer of the 2025 Major League Soccer season—an achievement he had already accomplished in other leagues. But how does that compare to Cristiano Ronaldo?

Harry Kane made another piece of history on Wednesday night as the Bayern Munich striker hit 20 goals for the season in just 12 games for Bayern Munich. In a quite remarkable stat, this is faster than either Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi managed to achieve the feat in their careers.

NEW YORK ( Tuesday, October 21, 2025) – Inter Miami CF forward Lionel Messi was voted the MLS Player of the Month for the month of October 2025.