FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Inter Miami CF is celebrating Lionel Messi on Tuesday after the Major League Soccer Cup victory on Saturday at the Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale.
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Don Garber, the MLS commissioner, awarded Messi the 2025 Landon Donovan MLS Most Valuable Player and described him as a game changer.
It was Messi’s second consecutive MLS MVP award.
“He has elevated this league in ways that I don’t think anybody could have imagined,” Garber said, adding, “When you have the greatest player to ever play a game playing here at Inter Miami, it raises the profile of the league.”
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Inter Miami also celebrated the inaugural Messi Cup, a tournament for club players younger than 16 years old. The games are from Tuesday to Dec. 14.
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