Lionel Messi He has been named Player of the Week for the second consecutive time of the MLS. Since his return from injury 3 days ago, the Argentine has not given ground and in his last two games he has gone straight to the honor roll, on this last occasion due to his great performance against New England Revolutiongame in which He scored two goals and contributed an assist for his team’s 1-4 victory.
Before 65,612 spectators at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, Messi led his team’s away comeback with the double and the assist for Luis Suárez.
Messi has scored in six consecutive MLS games and has accumulated 16 goal contributions (9 goals and 7 assists) in his first seven games of the year with the club led by Argentine Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino.
Messi, 36 years old, He had already won this award on matchday nine, after his match against Nashville SCwhere he managed to score a goal and sent an assist.
With this, Inter Miami has accumulated four of these awards in the first ten weeks of competition. In addition to Messi, the Uruguayan Luis Suárez has already been recognized with this award on two occasions.
With date 10 of the MLS concludedInter Miami is the leader of the MLS Eastern Conference with 21 points, followed by Cincinnati FC, which has 18.
In their next match, Messi and company will host the New York Red Bulls on May 4.
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