Forbes showcases Major League Soccer's most valuable teams, including LAFC, the reigning champion LA Galaxy and Lionel Messi's Inter Miami.

Major League Soccer's 30th season gets underway this weekend with Lionel Messi in action and the league's newest club San Diego FC making their debut.

Sub-zero temperatures are no match for Lionel Messi, who scored the first goal of Inter Miami CF's 2025 season Wednesday night in Concacaf Champions Cup action.

Inter Miami returns to action in the CONCACAF Champions Cup on Tuesday night, holding a 1-0 lead over Sporting Kansas City thanks to Messi's lone goal in the first leg of the tie.

Messi, who is approaching his 38th birthday, remains a supernatural figure who continues to delight. But he also remains a mystery.

Telasco Segovia scored the tying goal on an assist by Lionel Messi in the 10th minute of stoppage time and Inter Miami played New York City FC to a 2-2 draw in their MLS opener.

Inter Miami approach the 2025 season with one goal in their sights, to lift MLS Cup for the first time. This is the final guaranteed year of Lionel Messi’s two-and-a-half-year deal and, although he may choose to extend, it represents the team’s best chance at success.

Messi is in his third season with the Herons and second entire MLS campaign. In 2024, he played just 19 games, scoring 20 goals and 16 assists, but injury and international duty kept him out for a significant amount of time. Still, he became the fastest player to reach 25 goal contributions in a single season last year.

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Lionel Messi continues to prove himself at the top of his game in MLS. After the match against New York City, he broke an incredible league record.