At the beginning of Major League Soccer 2024, Lionel Messi has entered the perfect squad, having scored a goal and providing an assist in the first two matches.

 
An excellent start to the season was had by Lionel Messi with Inter Miami. Because of his outstanding performance throughout the first two rounds of Major League Soccer (MLS), which included both a goal and an assist, he was selected to be a member of the ideal squad at the beginning of the tournament. In addition, Inter Miami is the only club that has two players on this squad from their roster.

Inter Miami was one of two clubs that also played two matches alongside Real Salt Lake. Inter Miami was one of the clubs that participated in the season opening. In their situation, both rounds were taken into consideration in order to construct the best possible squad. Another player who was selected is goalie Drake Callender, in addition to Lionel Messi.

MLS’s ideal lineup for the start of the new season

Within his first game, the captain of Argentina was able to deftly assist Robert Taylor in opening the score, and he also made a contribution to the winning goal, which resulted in a score of 2-0. During the second match, he and Jordi Alba worked beautifully together to score a thrilling equalizer that tied the score at 1-1 as they were playing away against LA Galaxy.

In terms of Callender, he was able to keep a clean sheet in the first match, and in the second match, he was able to stop a penalty kick from Riqui Puig through the assistance of Messi, bringing his total number of saves versus Galaxy to nine.

Riqui Puig, who impressed at LA Galaxy despite missing a penalty, is also a part of the perfect lineup. Christian Benteke, who scored a hat trick for DC United, is also a member of the ideal lineup. Phil Neville, who was Tata Martino’s predecessor at Inter Miami and who had his winning debut with the Portland Timbers, is the most prominent coach. He started his career with the Portland Timbers.

Messi and his colleagues will participate in the next match, which will take place on Sunday morning, March 3, welcome Orlando City in the classic encounter of Florida state. This match will take place after they have won four points in the first two rounds.

The ideal group

The following players are currently on the roster: Drake Callender (Inter Miami), Omar Campos (Los Angeles FC), Adilson Malanda (Charlotte), Dagur Thorhallsson (Orlando), Brian Gutierrez (Chicago Fire), Riqui Puig (Los Angeles Galaxy), Asier Illarramendi (Dallas), Robin Lod Antony (Portland Timbers), Christian Benteke (DC United), and Lionel Messi (Inter Miami).

Phil Neville (also known as POR)

Sean Johnson (Toronto), Dante Sealy (Dallas), Deybi Flores (Toronto), Aidan Morris (Columbus Crew), Eryk Williamson (POR), Carles Gil (New England Revolution), Emil Forsberg (New York Red Bulls), Mateusz Bogusz (Los Angeles FC), and Cristian Arango (Real Salt Lake) are the players that have been selected for the second round.