For Major League Soccer's 30th season, USA TODAY Sports picks the 30 best players in MLS history. Did your favorites make the list?

This article was originally published on www.si.com as Lionel Messi Eyes Career-First Milestone in Race to Score Against Every MLS Side. In just two years in a pink shirt, Lionel Messi is closing in on scoring against every MLS team, with FC Cincinnati next up for the Inter Miami forward.

Lionel Messi registered his fifth straight multigoal game, propelling Miami to the top of ESPN's MLS Power Rankings.

With his latest free-kick strike, Messi now has 69 career goals from dead-ball situations. That puts him just eight shy of equaling Brazilian legend Juninho Pernambucano, who owns

Another week of MLS is in the books, and once again Lionel Messi and Evander are amid the top players from the weekend. For Messi, it looked like a fifth straight brace, while Evander scored another world-class strike in a loss to Columbus Crew SC.

MLS Golden Boot odds are shifting fast. Messi, Surridge, Denkey, and Latte Lath headline a volatile top goalscorer market at BetMGM with major liabilities.

Lionel Messi and Miami advanced through the group stage of the CWC, but looked truly exhausted in their 4-0 round of 16 loss to eventual runners-up PSG. They picked up a few injuries along the way, and were emblematic of MLS's struggles on the global stage - Miami is the only one of the three domestic league teams in the tournament to win a game - as they were wiped out by the European Champions on home(ish) turf.

De Paul's contract will expire in 2027 rather than 2026 since Atleti activated his one-year option in order to negotiate some of the deal's important terms.

Star Game promises fireworks, prestige, and a renewed chapter in North America’s most exciting soccer rivalry. The 2025 MLS All-Star Game promises fireworks, prestige, and a renewed chapter in North America’s most exciting soccer rivalry.