Messi becomes first to win MLS Golden Boot in consecutive seasons

Lionel Messi became the first player to win Major League Soccer’s Golden Boot in consecutive seasons, finishing this season as the league’s top scorer. The achievement adds another record to his MLS career as Inter Miami prepare for the playoffs.

Messi scored 26 goals in 31 matches, ahead of FC Dallas’s Petar Musa on 22 and Nashville SC’s Sam Surridge on 21. He scored 29 goals last season, becoming only the second player to reach at least 25 in two consecutive years; the 39-year-old has extended his Inter Miami contract through 2028, and the club finished second in the Eastern Conference.