Lionel Messi And Jordy Alba there have undoubtedly been two InterMiami‘s defining figures, not just during the 2025 season, but since their arrival in 2023. That process reached one of its highest points with the club. MLS Cup triumph. After a productive 2025 MLS season, both Messi and Alba have now received special recognition from the franchise.
The 2025 season has officially ended: the Philadelphia Union lifted the Supporters’ Shield and Inter Miami defeated the Vancouver Whitecaps to claim the MLS Cup. While MLS clubs present internal awards to recognize notable achievements, Inter Miami did the samehonoring Messi and Alba with two of the club’s best individual awards.
Lionel Messi was mentioned InterMiamiThe Most Valuable Player of the Year. The Argentine had his best season since joining the club, scoring 43 goals and 26 assists in 49 appearances in all competitions. Messi also became the first player to win the Landon Donovan MLS MVP Award in consecutive seasons, and he was an unsurprising choice to top Inter Miami’s internal honor as well.
Meanwhile, in what will be his final season as a professional player, Jordi Alba was named Inter Miami CF’s Defensive Player of the Year for 2025. The award reflected not only his defensive consistency, but also his impact going forward, as the veteran full-back recorded eight goals and 16 assists in 52 games, often serving as an additional attacking option.
In 2024, both Messi and Alba were selected to the MLS Best XI after Inter Miami claimed the Supporters’ Shield during the regular season. The 2025 campaign was different Messi was the only Herons player included in the competition’s Best XIbut Alba’s influence remained impossible to ignore throughout the season.
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Messi and Alba’s numbers at Inter Miami
The year 2023 marked a turning point for Inter Miami, a club that had been near the bottom of the MLS standings since its inception and without a trophy. After the arrival of Messi and Alba the club reached a new level, adding the Leagues Cup, Supporters’ Shield and MLS Cup to the trophy cabinet.
After making it, Jordi Alba closes the chapter on his professional career 103 games for Inter Miamiand became one of the few players to reach the century mark, and also with 15 goals and 33 assiststhe second highest number of assists in club history. Lionel Messi, meanwhile, scored 77 goals and 44 assists in 88 gamesan extraordinary rate of production that he plans to expand into the 2026 season.
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