Major League Soccer (MLS) 2021

[borovichok]

Indeed, Lionel Messi's luck was good as he won the League Cup final on penalty shots, just like today, beating Cincinnati in the US Open Cup semi-finals on penalty shots. However, Messi didn't score any goals in today's match but he played a great role today and made two assists to keep the team in a strong position. This leads to Messi's second Champions Trophy in his MLS career. But if the winning streak is right, they will definitely win the final on September 27 and be able to take the second champion trophy.

However Congratulations Inter Miami for reaching US Open cup final.

Shocking results from Inter Miami, we all thought they have lost out on the race but they surprised everyone. When they have Leo Messi, good credits always happened. Leo Messi recording two crucial assists to Campana who scored a brace in the match, been a while we witnessed such good performance from these clubs. Inter Miami were lucky and had an excellent comeback in the second half inother to levelled the game. They made it to penalty shootouts, Inter Miami are winners and headed straight to the finals, already place my bet in favour of Inter Miami, Leo Messi comes for every significant titles in MLS.

[Huppercase]

And again, Inter Miami managed to win on penalties after experiencing the same thing several times in other championships.
Cincinnati played better than Inter Miami if you look at the match statistics, but it seems that Messi's presence at Inter Miami provided a very good atmosphere in the team's enthusiasm to win the match, during the penalty shootout all Inter Miami players successfully carried out their duties while one Cincinnati kicker failed and that made Inter Miami into the final and will face Houston who beat Real Salt Lake.

Yes, after a good fight, Miami reached the finals of the US Open Cup after defeating America's strongest team, Cincinnati. In this match Cincinnati led from the start of the first half and added another goal to Cincinnati's possession in the second half. No one thought then that Miami would turn around again from time. When a star player needs to play a role Messi at that moment makes his important contribution. Although he didn't score there but produced a great scope to score and Campana scored goal there to keep them in the match. In 90 munities and extra times the result is equal (3-3). Miami won when the match went to a tiebreaker. Messi doesn't have a goal in this match but his contribution is immense.

Inter Miami Midfield is very weak, it is very very weak to be honest, the least Beckham can do right now is to enter the market and look for strong men that can takle well because Cincinnati were just having there ways so easy into Inter Miami, Gomez was struggling throught the game and that was as a result of the last match injury he sustain, it wasn't too serious but no much pressure was coming from him and it was easier for them to pass through Inter Miami, they need more able men to keep the players to be balance.\

Messi as usual didn't score a goal but the assist he made was too significant for goal contributions, the anti fans will keep wailing and cry tears and we enjoy drinking this tears badly, Campana will not forget that incredible assist Messi gave him and the last credit goes to Drake Callender, the guy has save Inter Miami in two important matches that ended in penalties and he was able to give them a good save, they will meet in final again and I'm anticipating another trophy for Messi.

[Webetcoins]

I do not think that Messi went to MLS to have some sort of difficulty, is there a reason for it? I mean he went there by getting paid a lot from the revenue, which means that he wanted to have fun and make some money.

If he went to Saudi league, there would still be some sort of expectations, whereas now that he is at MLS, that means he could play however he wants, constantly score, have fun, and also make a ton of money at the same time. This dude is getting a share of the revenue, he could literally own a piece of the team as of right now and that's the point. Look at Beckham, he played there for a while, and then bought a club instead. This is probably the same logic for him as well, could be Miami, could be another team.

[rdbase]

I do not think that Messi went to MLS to have some sort of difficulty, is there a reason for it? I mean he went there by getting paid a lot from the revenue, which means that he wanted to have fun and make some money.

Of course he did it to make alot of money. He knows he can still play at his peak performance so why not make himself paid higher than another player in football while cementing himself as the goat of the sport.

https://www.sportico.com/personalities/athletes/2023/lionel-messi-career-earnings-billion-mls-1234730823
And of course wanting to build on his legacy wouldn't hurt either.
Aside from making $1.6 billion in earnings over his career so to surpass Ronaldo is for his own achievement.

[Xxmodded]

Shocking results from Inter Miami, we all thought they have lost out on the race but they surprised everyone. When they have Leo Messi, good credits always happened. Leo Messi recording two crucial assists to Campana who scored a brace in the match, been a while we witnessed such good performance from these clubs. Inter Miami were lucky and had an excellent comeback in the second half inother to levelled the game. They made it to penalty shootouts, Inter Miami are winners and headed straight to the finals, already place my bet in favour of Inter Miami, Leo Messi comes for every significant titles in MLS.

On several crucial games, Inter Miami success comeback after conceded two of three goals early, Lionel Messi looks easily how manage Inter Miami on the winning trend after his arriving made drastically impact with all appearance winning matches. Upcoming match in MLS League, Inter Miami against NY Red Bulls and will Lionel Messi continues winning record for Inter Miami?
Lionel Messi effect make me more interested for watching MLS League right now and never absent all Inter Miami matches since Lionel Messi arriving, I don't care with several people think about MLS is not competitive league.

[Mame89]

I do not think that Messi went to MLS to have some sort of difficulty, is there a reason for it? I mean he went there by getting paid a lot from the revenue, which means that he wanted to have fun and make some money.

If he went to Saudi league, there would still be some sort of expectations, whereas now that he is at MLS, that means he could play however he wants, constantly score, have fun, and also make a ton of money at the same time. This dude is getting a share of the revenue, he could literally own a piece of the team as of right now and that's the point. Look at Beckham, he played there for a while, and then bought a club instead. This is probably the same logic for him as well, could be Miami, could be another team.

when Lionel Messi ​​moves to Saudi Arabia people say he is only after money but when he goes to Inter Miami he is considered not smart because he does not take advantage of opportunities to earn a lot of money, that is this society. I think he moved to Inter Miami for many reasons as you said it is also true and for me Inter Miami is definitely the smartest choice for Lionel Messi. Because he has a brand deal with MLS like the Apple brand, and Adidas. When he arrives in the US, the stock for this brand will surely skyrocket and Lionel Messi will be making big money on MLS season tickets. So it is true as you say Lionel Messi will earn more money over time than in Saudi Arabia.

Apart from that, of course he went to Inter Miami for reasons of the 2024 Copa America plus the 2026 World Cup which will be held in the US. This is also a big advantage for a Lionel Messi if he plays at Inter Miami.

[alastantiger]

when Lionel Messi ​​moves to Saudi Arabia people say he is only after money but when he goes to Inter Miami he is considered not smart because he does not take advantage of opportunities to earn a lot of money, that is this society. I think he moved to Inter Miami for many reasons as you said it is also true and for me Inter Miami is definitely the smartest choice for Lionel Messi. Because he has a brand deal with MLS like the Apple brand, and Adidas. When he arrives in the US, the stock for this brand will surely skyrocket and Lionel Messi will be making big money on MLS season tickets. So it is true as you say Lionel Messi will earn more money over time than in Saudi Arabia.

Messi rejected an offer from Saudi Arabian football due to family and cultural reasons. I know this wasn't mentioned but we remember that at some point, there were talks of him returning to Barca. Messi didn't return to Barca because he didn't want to jeopardize his legacy. I remember hearing a rumor once that Messi didn't want to come back for exactly the reason I wrote before. I also think the pressure of having to be the Messi who brought titles to Barcelona, to perform well and lead the team, and to be the focus of Barcelona's plans and sales when he knew he wouldn't be there in the long term, all played a role.

[Webetcoins]

I meant that it is not about difficulty of the game, many people talked about how "easy" it was for him to score there, but the point was exactly that, he would be scoring a lot and getting the revenue from people watching that. I think it should be pointed out that this is a long term idea and I feel like he will probably stay in the USA after he retires as well and make a lot of money.

We need to realize that Ronaldo is making a lot of money too, but he is not going to stay at Saudi Arabia and own a team there, that doesn't seem possible, he could go to another nation and buy a club there maybe who knows, or go back to Portugal finally and buy a team there, or maybe not even have a business like that, but Messi can, that's the difference, it is not about getting salary, it is about 10-20 even 40 years down the road.

[LDL]

I meant that it is not about difficulty of the game, many people talked about how "easy" it was for him to score there, but the point was exactly that, he would be scoring a lot and getting the revenue from people watching that. I think it should be pointed out that this is a long term idea and I feel like he will probably stay in the USA after he retires as well and make a lot of money.

We need to realize that Ronaldo is making a lot of money too, but he is not going to stay at Saudi Arabia and own a team there, that doesn't seem possible, he could go to another nation and buy a club there maybe who knows, or go back to Portugal finally and buy a team there, or maybe not even have a business like that, but Messi can, that's the difference, it is not about getting salary, it is about 10-20 even 40 years down the road.

While the world's most popular players are joining clubs based in Saudi Arabia, Lionel Messi has joined the US-based club MLS. Although Messi was offered by clubs in Saudi Arabia at a much higher price, Lionel Messi joined Inter Miami of the MLS League at a much lower rate. In this case, Messi did not only consider the money, but he took a business guarantee for his next life. Although currently Lionel Messi has signed contracts with several business organizations as well as club sponsors and is guaranteed to continue his own business.
However, although different from Cristiano Ronaldo, Cristiano Ronaldo gave more importance to money towards the end of his career, although money became the main issue at the end of his career. However, he has not yet decided what Cristiano Ronaldo will do after the end of the SPL contract, maybe he will assume some specific responsibility of the SPL and then continue the next career line.

[tiCeR]

I meant that it is not about difficulty of the game, many people talked about how "easy" it was for him to score there, but the point was exactly that, he would be scoring a lot and getting the revenue from people watching that. I think it should be pointed out that this is a long term idea and I feel like he will probably stay in the USA after he retires as well and make a lot of money.

We need to realize that Ronaldo is making a lot of money too, but he is not going to stay at Saudi Arabia and own a team there, that doesn't seem possible, he could go to another nation and buy a club there maybe who knows, or go back to Portugal finally and buy a team there, or maybe not even have a business like that, but Messi can, that's the difference, it is not about getting salary, it is about 10-20 even 40 years down the road.

While the world's most popular players are joining clubs based in Saudi Arabia, Lionel Messi has joined the US-based club MLS. Although Messi was offered by clubs in Saudi Arabia at a much higher price, Lionel Messi joined Inter Miami of the MLS League at a much lower rate. In this case, Messi did not only consider the money, but he took a business guarantee for his next life. Although currently Lionel Messi has signed contracts with several business organizations as well as club sponsors and is guaranteed to continue his own business.
However, although different from Cristiano Ronaldo, Cristiano Ronaldo gave more importance to money towards the end of his career, although money became the main issue at the end of his career. However, he has not yet decided what Cristiano Ronaldo will do after the end of the SPL contract, maybe he will assume some specific responsibility of the SPL and then continue the next career line.

This is what was said officially and most of it is true probably, but how do we know that Messi is earning less playing in the MLS than in the SPL? I can imagine that he has created an amazing contract for himself that was compatible with his ambition to become a multi-billionaire. Thinking that he really signed a contract losing out big time is not realistic. But he is contributing amazingly to the league already and I think a lot of people get attracted to watching the game because of him.

[arimamib]

I meant that it is not about difficulty of the game, many people talked about how "easy" it was for him to score there, but the point was exactly that, he would be scoring a lot and getting the revenue from people watching that. I think it should be pointed out that this is a long term idea and I feel like he will probably stay in the USA after he retires as well and make a lot of money.

We need to realize that Ronaldo is making a lot of money too, but he is not going to stay at Saudi Arabia and own a team there, that doesn't seem possible, he could go to another nation and buy a club there maybe who knows, or go back to Portugal finally and buy a team there, or maybe not even have a business like that, but Messi can, that's the difference, it is not about getting salary, it is about 10-20 even 40 years down the road.

While the world's most popular players are joining clubs based in Saudi Arabia, Lionel Messi has joined the US-based club MLS. Although Messi was offered by clubs in Saudi Arabia at a much higher price, Lionel Messi joined Inter Miami of the MLS League at a much lower rate. In this case, Messi did not only consider the money, but he took a business guarantee for his next life. Although currently Lionel Messi has signed contracts with several business organizations as well as club sponsors and is guaranteed to continue his own business.
However, although different from Cristiano Ronaldo, Cristiano Ronaldo gave more importance to money towards the end of his career, although money became the main issue at the end of his career. However, he has not yet decided what Cristiano Ronaldo will do after the end of the SPL contract, maybe he will assume some specific responsibility of the SPL and then continue the next career line.

Between the two of them, they must have considered their best decision by joining the club of their choice. I think Lionel messi also got a stronger extra guarantee as his income and that was also a big factor in him joining inter miami. Maybe what Lionel Messi is after is not money, but he is earning a lot of money here that the media may not know about.

I'm sure Messi is quite happy with Inter Miami, especially since he can play with a number of his colleagues from Barcelona. We're only following from the end of their journey as both of them probably won't be able to play much longer due to their aging factor. Therefore, we can only wait for the skill and beauty of their game before they announce their retirement from football.

[Docnaster]

I meant that it is not about difficulty of the game, many people talked about how "easy" it was for him to score there, but the point was exactly that, he would be scoring a lot and getting the revenue from people watching that. I think it should be pointed out that this is a long term idea and I feel like he will probably stay in the USA after he retires as well and make a lot of money.

We need to realize that Ronaldo is making a lot of money too, but he is not going to stay at Saudi Arabia and own a team there, that doesn't seem possible, he could go to another nation and buy a club there maybe who knows, or go back to Portugal finally and buy a team there, or maybe not even have a business like that, but Messi can, that's the difference, it is not about getting salary, it is about 10-20 even 40 years down the road.

While the world's most popular players are joining clubs based in Saudi Arabia, Lionel Messi has joined the US-based club MLS. Although Messi was offered by clubs in Saudi Arabia at a much higher price, Lionel Messi joined Inter Miami of the MLS League at a much lower rate. In this case, Messi did not only consider the money, but he took a business guarantee for his next life. Although currently Lionel Messi has signed contracts with several business organizations as well as club sponsors and is guaranteed to continue his own business.
However, although different from Cristiano Ronaldo, Cristiano Ronaldo gave more importance to money towards the end of his career, although money became the main issue at the end of his career. However, he has not yet decided what Cristiano Ronaldo will do after the end of the SPL contract, maybe he will assume some specific responsibility of the SPL and then continue the next career line.

I don't want to believe the public opinion that Lionel went to play in the Major League Soccer because he wanted to go to a league that'll not be too difficult for him to perform very well. The 2022 World Cup winner moved to the MLS after weighing the options at his disposal including lucrative deals from Arabian clubs and that I think was majorly influenced by his relationship with the his current club owner David Beckham.
Inter Miami has also gone to sign his former Barcelona teammates like Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquet.

[LDL]

NY Red Bulls Vs Inter Miami

NY Red Bulls faced Inter Miami without Messi, Busquets, J Martinez at their own home ground but Inter Miami was leading 1-0 in the first half. So far, almost 30 minutes of the second half have been played without either team scoring. However, in the statistics of the game, NY Red Bulls play aggressive football but they remain goalless at their own home ground. However, it is not known why Messi and J Martinez were sitting on the bench in the first half today, but Lionel Messi entered the field in the 60th minute. J Martinez and Banquets both came on after 60 minutes and it remains to be seen if Inter Miami can score more goals in the end.

[onecall123]

NY Red Bulls Vs Inter Miami

NY Red Bulls faced Inter Miami without Messi, Busquets, J Martinez at their own home ground but Inter Miami was leading 1-0 in the first half. So far, almost 30 minutes of the second half have been played without either team scoring. However, in the statistics of the game, NY Red Bulls play aggressive football but they remain goalless at their own home ground. However, it is not known why Messi and J Martinez were sitting on the bench in the first half today, but Lionel Messi entered the field in the 60th minute. J Martinez and Banquets both came on after 60 minutes and it remains to be seen if Inter Miami can score more goals in the end.

Inter Miami 2-0 New York Red Bull
In this match, Lionel Messi and Sergio Busquets made their MLS debuts. Without their presence, they appeared very energetic, confident, and dominant. Even without Messi and Busquets on the field, the team seems positive. And positive thing was Inter Miami leading 1-0 from debutante Diego Gómez. It seems like everyone is contributing now, taking lesson from the best. And then, Lionel Messi strikes again! He scores in the 89th minute to confirm another victory for Miami!

[tiCeR]

NY Red Bulls Vs Inter Miami

NY Red Bulls faced Inter Miami without Messi, Busquets, J Martinez at their own home ground but Inter Miami was leading 1-0 in the first half. So far, almost 30 minutes of the second half have been played without either team scoring. However, in the statistics of the game, NY Red Bulls play aggressive football but they remain goalless at their own home ground. However, it is not known why Messi and J Martinez were sitting on the bench in the first half today, but Lionel Messi entered the field in the 60th minute. J Martinez and Banquets both came on after 60 minutes and it remains to be seen if Inter Miami can score more goals in the end.

Inter Miami 2-0 New York Red Bull
In this match, Lionel Messi and Sergio Busquets made their MLS debuts. Without their presence, they appeared very energetic, confident, and dominant. Even without Messi and Busquets on the field, the team seems positive. And positive thing was Inter Miami leading 1-0 from debutante Diego Gómez. It seems like everyone is contributing now, taking lesson from the best. And then, Lionel Messi strikes again! He scores in the 89th minute to confirm another victory for Miami!

But the run that Inter Miami has since Messi and the Spaniards arrived is impressive. Messi has really sparked some enthusiasm and new ambition within the team and the club. I watched the summary of the highlights and when I saw that Messi was awarded a free kick in the last few minutes I thought that this must be the goal he scored, but thank god he is still human and didn't score the next free kick goal

But the goal was brilliantly played by him. The pass he chose to make and how he surprised the whole New York Red Bull defense and then scored a goal that looked easy but was challenging in the set up. Playing that pass under pressure was so smart and good to see that his team mates understand his moves better and better. He enjoys the game so much and I think it was the best choice to go to the MLS for him.

[SquallLeonhart]

Miami became one of the top teams of MLS after the Messi deal, not only because of Messi, if you leave him out they are still top three to be fair in valuation and I think that matters. They may look like they are very much down for the time being, but they will gradually get better and next season they will be even better, I am sensing a championship for them either this year if they do fine enough to get there, or more probably they will get the title next season, it should be quite good to watch and see.    

Messi is not their only player at all, obviously he is their best player without a question but without him, they are not bottom of the league anymore, before him they were the worst, after him they got some more players and looking strong.

[Bananington]

But the run that Inter Miami has since Messi and the Spaniards arrived is impressive. Messi has really sparked some enthusiasm and new ambition within the team and the club.

It is not just impressive, it is remarkable! Messi has totally converted the whole club. Stadiums are packed full to watch Messi and in games where he does not play, there is not so much excitement about the games from the spectators. Messi's arrival in the MLS has rejuvenated the interest of people in the league and has rescued the league from totally being swallowed by the Saudi professional league. If Messi had not moved to MLS, there will not be many talk about the league like we see presently because all the interest was already moving to the SPL.

[Dimitri94]

NY Red Bulls Vs Inter Miami

NY Red Bulls faced Inter Miami without Messi, Busquets, J Martinez at their own home ground but Inter Miami was leading 1-0 in the first half. So far, almost 30 minutes of the second half have been played without either team scoring. However, in the statistics of the game, NY Red Bulls play aggressive football but they remain goalless at their own home ground. However, it is not known why Messi and J Martinez were sitting on the bench in the first half today, but Lionel Messi entered the field in the 60th minute. J Martinez and Banquets both came on after 60 minutes and it remains to be seen if Inter Miami can score more goals in the end.

From the start, coach Gerardo Martino may not have tried to play Messi. Because as long as Messi is on the field, he may face injury this is the cause of worrying. But there is option he has to play for the team to win.

After Miami scored 1 goal, the coach brought him on in the 60th minute because if they put the opposition under a little more pressure and score another goal, they would be guaranteed victory. That strategy is implemented almost in the end of the game. However, Messi's goal in the 89th minute cheered the crowd. Another goal has been added to Messi's name in this league.

[Strongkored]

NY Red Bulls Vs Inter Miami

NY Red Bulls faced Inter Miami without Messi, Busquets, J Martinez at their own home ground but Inter Miami was leading 1-0 in the first half. So far, almost 30 minutes of the second half have been played without either team scoring. However, in the statistics of the game, NY Red Bulls play aggressive football but they remain goalless at their own home ground. However, it is not known why Messi and J Martinez were sitting on the bench in the first half today, but Lionel Messi entered the field in the 60th minute. J Martinez and Banquets both came on after 60 minutes and it remains to be seen if Inter Miami can score more goals in the end.

Not playing Messi and Busquets from the early minutes could be the strategy implemented by the Inter Miami coach to avoid fatigue in both players and seeing that the existing squad is capable enough to win the match, the second half both played and Messi managed to score again for his club and win very convincing match.
It is quite surprising that Inter Miami has managed to maintain an unbeaten record in the few matches they have played, but when facing a strong team it will be a real test for them and defeat can be experienced by Miami.
In the middle of the week, they will compete against the stronger team Nashville, a team they have beaten in the league cup on penalties, this time Nashville certainly understands Miami's weaknesses so they can get points, but Inter Miami certainly won't waste the opportunity to get points again and even though later they win it won't be able to change their position because their points are still behind New York City FC, they still need a lot of wins to be able to improve their position in the standings.

[SquirrelJulietGarden]

Of course he did it to make alot of money. He knows he can still play at his peak performance so why not make himself paid higher than another player in football while cementing himself as the goat of the sport.

https://www.sportico.com/personalities/athletes/2023/lionel-messi-career-earnings-billion-mls-1234730823
And of course wanting to build on his legacy wouldn't hurt either.
Aside from making $1.6 billion in earnings over his career so to surpass Ronaldo is for his own achievement.

Messi is not in top three or at the first position but what he got is impressive. Because he joined MLS when his career is at sunset and with imagination, we can see how he will receive if he joins MLS earlier especially during golden time of his career. This assumption never happens but I want to say, comparisons between Messi and other athletes in the list are unfair because of what and when they receive such money are very different.

We all talk about a transfer record of Neymar but if Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo moves from Real Madrid or Barcelona when they had peaks in their career, they would break the record of Neymar.