Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber presented Lionel Messi with the 2025 Golden Boot award Friday before the first game of the Round 1 series between Inter Miami CF and Nashville SC, declaring the forward had reset the trajectory for MLS.
Messi clinched the Golden Boot by scoring 29 goals in 28 games, earning the award for the first time since joining Inter Miami in 2023.
"I'm here tonight not just to attend the game but to present Leo with the Golden Boot," Garber said. "I don't think we ever could have imagined that Leo would have been able to deliver for this club, for this city and for this league the way he had.