FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Lionel Messi raised the Golden Boot. He then got Inter Miami started with his head. Messi opened the scoring with a diving header in the first half, then capped the scoring in the 96th minute as Inter Miami opened the Major ...

Using those perimeters, here are the seven players with the most goals and assists in 2025 from across world football. Still going strong at the ripe old age of 38, Messi leads the way for goal contributions in 2025. At club level, he’s produced 62 goal contributions for Inter Miami this year and still has a chance to add to his tally.

© Tim Nwachukwu/Dustin Satloff/Getty ImagesCarlos Vela and Lionel Messi. Those combined numbers place Messi at the top of the goal contribution leaderboard for the ...

No. 5-seeded NYCFC upset the top-seeded No. 1 Philadelphia Union 1-0 in the MLS Eastern Conference semifinals on Sunday. NYCFC will advance to the conference finals next weekend to meet No. 3 Inter Miami, spearheaded by the in-form Lionel Messi as the Florida club will now have home-field advantage for the clash.

At just 26 years, ten months, and three days old, Mbappé is the youngest player of the 21st century to achieve 400 goals in his career. Only Pelé was younger at that time, at 23 years and four days old.