You could not inform by watching him Saturday night time at Chase Stadium, the place the GOAT bagged a first-half brace and assisted Luis Suárez’s insurance coverage tally throughout a 3-1 win over the Philadelphia Union. Jordi Alba arrange each of Messi’s targets, which had been scored three minutes and 29 seconds aside.
Messi now has 14 targets and 14 assists, good for fifth within the MLS Golden Boot offered by Audi race. To make it much more spectacular, he is compiled these numbers in simply over 1,100 minutes (13 appearances).
With six regular-season video games remaining, the Herons maintain a large lead within the Supporters’ Defend race. They clinched an Audi 2024 MLS Cup Playoffs spot in late August and stay on tempo to set a single-season factors document (62 factors; 2.21 ppg).
