Overview
- Lionel Messi scored three goals and added an assist in a 5-2 victory at GEODIS Park to close Inter Miami’s regular season.
- Messi finished the MLS campaign with 29 goals and 19 assists, earning the 2025 Golden Boot as the league’s top scorer.
- His 48 goal involvements rank second for a single MLS season, one behind Carlos Vela’s 49 in 2019.
- Inter Miami ended third in the Eastern Conference at 19-8-9 and will face Nashville SC in Round One of the playoffs.
- Multiple outlets now align on the hat-trick and 29-goal total after an earlier report had cited a brace and 28.