The Argentine, MVP of the tournament, won the North American championship after La Liga and Ligue 1. Two assists for Leo in the 3-1 final win against the Vancouver Whitecaps. A “gift” for the Spice Boy, co-owner of the Florida team
Leo Messi’s Inter Miami won the MLS, the North American championship, beating Thomas Muller’s Vancouver Whitecaps 3-1 in the final. It is the first time that Miami has won the American football championship. For the Argentine champion, author of two assists (for De Paul’s second goal and Allende’s third), this is the 48th trophy won in his career, in his second year at the Florida club. Among these victories, ten Spanish champion titles with Barcelona, two French champions with PSG and four Champions League titles, all with the Blaugrana. World champion with Argentina in 2022, Messi is expected to defend the Cup in North America in the summer of 2026.
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Named best player of the championship, Messi underlined at the end of the match: “The moment I was waiting for has finally arrived, or rather the moment we were waiting for as a team.” The Argentine champion led his team with an amazing season like the final: Miami ahead after eight minutes thanks to an own goal by Edier Ocampo; in the second half, in the 60th minute, Vancouver equalized with Ahmed, before Messi’s show. In the 71st minute, assist for the temporary 2-1 by De Paul, former Udinese and Leo’s teammate in the national team, in added time – 96th minute – an encore assist for the definitive 3-1 by Allende.
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Messi’s success is also a victory for David Beckham, co-owner of Inter Miami and great “director” of the millionaire operation that brought Leo to Florida in 2023. “There were a lot of sleepless nights before this party”, smiled Beckham, “but I never stopped believing in it. I knew that I would bring the team to this goal, and when I found the right people to do it I understood that everything would be possible”.
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