LA Galaxy are six-time MLS Cup champions, keeping New York Red Bulls cup free after Lionel Messi and Inter Miami were dumped out of the playoffs in stunning fashion.
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Messi’s every move shown on TikTok in winning Inter Miami playoff debut
- Jordi Alba lifts Miami past Atlanta in playoff opener
- Messi’s side can advance with win on 2 November
Lionel Messi’s every move was on display in his Major League Soccer playoff debut.
Every touch. Every shot attempt. Even when he wasn’t doing anything at all, it was shown.
Continue reading...Lionel Messi’s Miami compensation is more than entire payroll of 22 MLS teams
- Argentinian was paid $12m in base salary
- Inter Miami had highest payroll in league
Inter Miami’s Lionel Messi earned more than the entire payrolls of 22 other Major League Soccer teams, and Olivier Giroud has $3,675,000 in annualized total compensation under the contract he signed to join Los Angeles FC in July.
The Major League Soccer Players Association released its salary update on Thursday and Messi’s $12m base salary and $20.4m in total compensation from Inter Miami remained the same as in the initial listing in May.
Continue reading...MLS Decision Day: LAFC snatch top seed from LA Galaxy as playoffs fixed
- Galaxy cede top seed to LAFC in agonizing fashion
- Montreal and Atlanta vie for right to face Miami
After clinching MLS playoff berths with regular-season-ending wins on Saturday, CF Montreal and Atlanta United will square off in the Eastern Conference’s wild-card match on Tuesday.
The winner of the contest in Montreal draws a tough assignment in East’s quarter-finals: a best-of-three series against Lionel Messi and Inter Miami, who set the league’s single-season point record. A hat-trick from Messi lifted Miami past the New England Revolution on Saturday, giving Miami a 22-4-8 mark, good for 74 points.
Continue reading...Lionel Messi’s 11-minute hat-trick helps Inter Miami break MLS points record
- Messi and co stroll to 6-2 win over New England
- Inter Miami awarded spot in 2025 Club World Cup
Lionel Messi and Inter Miami have put together the best regular season in Major League Soccer history.
Messi had three goals and an assist in the second half alone, Luis Suárez had a pair of first-half goals and Inter Miami beat the New England Revolution 6-2 on Saturday night, finishing the season with an MLS-record 74 points – one more than the Revolution had in 2021.
Continue reading...‘I came here to win trophies’: Olivier Giroud leads LAFC to US Open Cup win
- US Open Cup final: LAFC 3-1 Sporting Kansas City
- Giroud picks up 12th major trophy of his career
Olivier Giroud and Hugo Lloris reached the pinnacle of soccer’s mountaintop by helping France win the 2018 World Cup. On Wednesday night, they said they celebrated just the same after helping Los Angeles Football Club take home the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup with a 3-1 victory over Sporting Kansas City in extra time.
Giroud and Lloris were just as surprised to be feeling the same emotion, but adding another trophy can do that.
“It is different when you have to play in a final. You just go for it. I’m really proud of the team,” said Giroud, who opened the scoring in the second half.
It is the 12th major trophy of Giroud’s career, who will turn 38 on Monday. Lloris joined LAFC this season, becoming the first World Cup winner to play for the club. Later during the MLS midseason break, Giroud joined the club on a free transfer from Milan, reuniting with his former international teammate.
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