NEW YORK (Thursday, May 2, 2024) – Inter Miami CF forward Lionel Messi was voted the Major League Soccer Player of the Month for April 2024.
Messi led MLS with 10 goal contributions (six goals, four assists) during the month of April, despite playing in just four matches. Messi’s six goals were the most in MLS while leading an Inter Miami squad that finished the month with a 3-0-1 record and atop the Supporters’ Shield standings. Of Miami’s 12 goals in the month of April, Messi scored or assisted on 10 of those, which included the game-winning assist on April 20 and the game-winning goal on April 27. Miami currently holds a 6-2-3 record and leads MLS in points per game (1.91), goals scored (26), and goal differential (plus-10).
After scoring twice and adding an assist in Inter Miami’s 4-1 win over the New England Revolution on April 27, Messi became the first player in MLS history to record multiple goal contributions in five consecutive games. The World Cup winner has also recorded 16 goal contributions (nine goals, seven assists) in his first seven games of the 2024 season, the most by a player in MLS history in his first seven games of a season and three more than the previous record holders Thierry Henry (13 in 2012) and Carlos Vela (13 in 2019).
Messi becomes the second Miami player to be named MLS Player of the Month after Luis Suárez earned the honor for February and March. Inter Miami is the third club in MLS history to have two different players win first two Player of the Month honors to start a season, joining the LA Galaxy in 2004 (Carlos Ruiz and Alejandro Moreno) and the 2000 Kansas City Wizards (Miklos Molnar and Tony Meola). In his career, Messi has earned 10 Player of the Month honors for his club – eight with FC Barcelona, one with Paris Saint-Germain, and now one with Inter Miami CF.
Miami and Messi can extend their three-game winning streak and lead in the Supporters’ Shield standings as they return home to host the New York Red Bulls on Saturday, May 4 (7:30 p.m. ET, MLS Season Pass on Apple TV).
MLS Player of the Month is voted upon by a panel of select national media members in a process conducted by MLS Communications.
