Tomorrow morning the MLS regular season ends. The 38-year-old Messi has 26 goals in 27 games and is on target for the Golden Boot + assists title + MVP.

October 18th. Tomorrow, the MLS will usher in the final game of the regular season. Inter Miami will play in Nashville at 6:00. Messi will attack the Golden Boot, assists leader, and MVP.

Messi is the favorite for MLS MVP this season. If re-elected this year, he will become the first player in MLS history to win the MVP for two consecutive seasons. He will also become the second player in MLS to win this award twice after Preki (winned twice in 1997 and 2003).

On the scorer list, Messi leads the way with 26 goals, followed by Boanga (Los Angeles FC) with 24 goals and Sam Suric (Nashville) with 23 goals.

In the assists list, according to MLS statistics, Messi has 18 assists, tied for first place with Dreher (San Diego).

Note: When MLS counts assist data, it also counts direct assists (last pass) and secondary assists (penultimate pass), but only the penultimate pass that directly leads to a goal will be counted. For example, if a player scores a goal after dribbling the ball for 10 seconds, no assist will be recorded for this goal.

Messi’s 44-goal contribution in a single season ranks second in MLS history, second only to Vela’s 49-goal contribution in 2019 (34 goals, 15 assists).

At the same time, Inter Miami is competing with Cincinnati for the second spot in the Eastern Conference. According to the rules of the first round of the playoffs, the No. 2 in the Eastern Conference will play against the No. 7 in the Eastern Conference, and the No. 3 in the Eastern Conference will play against the No. 6 in the Eastern Conference. A best-of-three game system.