Inter Miami star Lionel Messi headlined MLS' Best XI for the 2025 season. LAFC's Denis Bouanga and San Diego FC's Anders Dreyer, both MVP finalists, joined Messi along the front line. The midfield included FC Cincinnati's Evander and the Vancouver Whitecaps' Sebastian Berhalter, who's the son of former United States men's coach Gregg Berhalter.

Superstar Lionel Messi, the MLS Golden Boot winner and MLS MVP favorite, leads an MLS Best XI list this season that features representatives from nine clubs.

Four U.S. men’s national team representatives are included in the 2025 MLS Best XI. Alex Freeman, who played nearly every second of this summer’s Gold Cup, earned the nod after a sensational season with Orlando City that helped him become an MLS All-Star and the MLS Young Player of the Year.

The higher seed are home for the first and — if necessary — third games of the series.The winners advance to the conference semifinals, with that round joining the conference final and MLS Cup Final as single-elimination matches at the home of the higher seed.

Throughout Lionel Messi's iconic career, it's been rather unusual for him to go a full season without at least one team trophy

Cristiano Ronaldo told Piers Morgan his legacy will not be defined by whether or not he wins the FIFA World Cup. A five-time Ballon d'Or winner, Ronaldo has 952 career goals and is the all-time leading scorer in men's international football with 143 goals. The World Cup is the only major trophy missing in his distinguished career.

Lionel Messi’s wife was spotted wearing a luxury watch on a pickleball court when a man approached her to ask what kind of watch it was.

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