FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Best player. Best team. Inter Miami’s Lionel Messi is the unquestioned force in Major League Soccer right now, on a run like nobody else the league has ever seen. The 38-year-old Argentine star — and captain of the MLS Cup champions — has become the first back-to-back MVP in MLS history,

After a memorable season, Lionel Messi can add more hardware to his trophy room as he wins another MVP award.

Here's a roundup of notable stats and records in Lionel Messi's legendary soccer career.

Lionel Messi wins MVP award as he creates MLS history - Argentine icon Lionel Messi has been crowned Major League Soccer’s MVP for the second time

Inter Miami star Lionel Messi says the passion for soccer in the U.S. has surprised him. He also discusses the MLS Cup final vs. the Vancouver Whitecaps.

Lionel Messi set yet another record in a soccer career already jammed with groundbreaking achievements, becoming the first repeat MLS MVP winner.

The game-time temperature in Fort Lauderdale on Saturday was 84 degrees (28 degrees Celsius) at kickoff of Inter Miami's match against the Vancouver Whitecaps, according to the National Weather Service.

As France manager Didier Deschamps prepares for what will be his final major competition with the national team, he acknowledges that the upcoming event carries extra weight — especially with the possibility that Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo could both appear on soccer’s greatest stage for the sixth time.

Is Lionel Messi playing in the 2026 FIFA World Cup? That's the question on everyone's minds entering next summer's 48-team tournament in Canada, Mexico and the United States.

The City of Miami celebrated Inter Miami’s Major League Soccer Cup Championship victory with a skyscraper salute to the team and its superstar forward Lionel Messi on Saturday, December 6. Miami defeated the Vancouver Whitecaps 3-1 on Saturday,