GREG COTE'S HOT BUTTON TOP 10 (OCTOBER 19): WHAT IN SPORTS HAS GRABBED US THIS WEEK: No. 2 Hurricanes lose, Dolphins at Cleveland, Heat Opening Week, Inter Miami gets playoff foe, Panthers losing ...

The regular season is in the rearview mirror and the playoffs are upon us, so which postseason contenders are best placed for a run to MLS Cup?

Lionel Messi’s left boot connects for his 27th goal of the MLS season. Messi's first shot of the game was fired from outside of the box, finding the lower left corner of the net past Nashville’s ...

Sporting rivalries are a strange thing: competitors rarely enjoy them at the time, yet you sense the very best need them to reach heights they might not even know were in them.

Everton’s recruitment team keeps a close eye on players who can strengthen their attack as the club continues to push for European contention. The Toffees have shown a more measured transfer ...

Eric Garcia’s journey to finding his place at Barcelona has been anything but straightforward. At just 17, he left La Masia for Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City after feeling undervalued. When he ...

Messi finished with 29 goals and 16 assists in MLS play and did it all in 2,420 minutes — that's a goal or assist about every 54 minutes.

Lionel Messi captured his first MLS Golden Boot in outstanding fashion on the final day of the 2025 regular season.

With Messi scoring a hat trick and Sam Surridge also scoring for Nashville, that could be a blockbuster of a playoff series as Miami will have the added mental boost of defeating Nashville to close ...

Inter Miami captain Lionel Messi had a hat trick on the final day of MLS' regular season to clinch the 2025 MLS Golden Boot award.

The Argentine scored a hat trick in a 5-2 victory vs. Nashville on Saturday night to wrap up MLS' Golden Boot award with 29 goals this season.

Nashville (16-12-6) will face a huge challenge in Miami (19-8-7), which is paced by international superstar Lionel Messi, the league’s reigning player of the year. Messi, the favorite to be named MLS ...