"He makes them look amateur!" Is Lionel Messi the best player in MLS history? | ESPN FC
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- Опубликовано: 29 апр 2024
- ESPN FC's Herculez Gomez joins Sebastian Salazar to discuss Inter Miami's 4-1 victory over New England Revolution, including Lionel Messi's record-breaking goals.
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He is the best player in football's history and you're asking if he is the best in MLS' history. Have some respect 😭😭
He wasn't the best player in Ligue 1 history
@@HT-xt4cn He is the best player to play in Ligue 1 (hope u understand it).
@@HT-xt4cnhe was the best in that league but no with the best performance
@@draza9000 Also the best player to play in champions league
VABBI: I didn't like your comment .😳
What kind of question is this 💀
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Easily Messi and before him Zlatan. They dominated MLS despite playing at ages 36-37+ where 95% of footballers have long retired.
maybe mls is out of this world
It shouldn't be even a question
"Is Lionel Messi the best player in MLS history?" actually the biggest insult i've ever seen of leo messi 😂😂
Well, Pele played there so I can see that question being asked, but only if you focus on Pele.
@@amacuroshut up😂😂
Imagine Cristiano Ronaldo in the MLS would be like a walk in the park this guy would have like 💯 goals by now I even think ibra was better than Messi in the MLS
@@carlosoto1115cry baby
@@carlosoto1115lmao he can’t carry his teammates alone
He isn’t a playmaker
He will never score much goal since there’s literally no one to assist him
Messi is the best player in history of football not only in MLS history 😅
Yes, but for example (for me Messi is the GOAT of goats, by far in another Galaxy) Pele went to MLS and did nothing, it was embarassing, Beckembauer too and so on, they did nothing. MEssi came actually to destroy them.
He is the world best player....Not only MLS 😁🐐🔥🔥🔥
Naga manubi Messi karne muribole ready ase tey😁
No he isn’t 💀 which was clear to see during his time at PSG
He's the most skilled, but clearly too old to still be the world's best, otherwise he'd still be in Europe.
@@LegitScott bro watching football from reels :)
@@LegitScottwho created more chances and had more assist than him at psg
what ? the guy is best in history. He became best in MLS history the day he played his first game in pink jersey that ez 🤣🤣❤
As a Messi fan, "Is Messi the best is MLS" question itself is an insult to Messi.
You can be the best player in the world and still have some bad luck and not perform well for a certain club and in certain league. Status wise yeah, Messi is the best of all time... Performance wise? He needs to finish however many years he decides to play in MLS and then we'll see what stats he racks up and how Inter Miami performs overall while he is there. But yeah... As long as he isn't laid out injured all the time I'm sure he will be considered the best in MLS all time. lol.
@@SuperSirianRigelLol. Daft comment. A whole essay while the simple answer is, yes, he’s the best player in MLS, hands down, no questions asked.
@@SuperSirianRigel shut it you eggball fans... messi is the best in the world, of course mls is only a small dirt in the world, asking if messi is the best on mls is an insult itself, how can the best in the world OF ALL TIME be questioned? u dimwit, all his achievement compiled is twice of what ronaldo has achieved, and let me remind you, no other footballer comes close to christiano ronaldo, no one... except messi, which he is doubling what ronaldo have ever achieved.... while the world has agreed that messi is the greatest of all time u americans just started questioning him? oh how late late u guys are....if messi in his prime goes to mls he will obliterate mls, scoring 5 to 10 goals per match... look, a washed and old messi can even make mls looks like a childs play, prime messi would send all mls player to mental hospital bruv...
It's not surprising to see Messi making everyone in the mls look a bit amateurish, he is actually the best player in the history of football in any league, full stop. I'm gutted because I don't get to see him in the champions league anymore 😢 it just isn't the same anymore
What are you even talking about? You must be a kid and haven’t seen real players, Messi is the Lebron in soccer maybe cracks the top ten or just short of it, there’s many players better than Messi, he’s not even at maradonna’s level. Nor is he at ronaldinhos level, matter of fact he’s not even at r9 or Cristiano level
@@JasonVidal_ here we go 😂 Penaldo fan on the warpath 🤐 I genuinely feel sorry for you
@@JasonVidal_ tell us you're a Messi hater without telling us 😂...u can't even hide it can u??
@@dantekratos5395 I'm not hiding anything, Messi has been on another level to anyone since the start of his Barcelona days, just watch videos of Messi, look at how many assists he has created in his career and how many dribbles he has completed and his pass completion, his free kicks, his vision etc and you'll find out that Penaldo is statistically way behind. It's just fact, even though it's not only about stats and nope I'm not a kid, I'm in my forties so I know things 😂 I don't hate Ronaldo but he was never at the same level except for his goal numbers
@@JasonVidal_ soccer? it is football mate, and dont compare it to nba bruv, only u americans are taking basketball seriously while the rest of the world are focusing on football
This isn’t a question it would be embarassing if Messi wasn’t doing good in this league
why he is 36 and has won everything
He still needs to show up and run and make plays. People get tired and get injured.
He’s not 21 anymore.
@@OLOGY009 TRhe US Leagues are WEAK. Almost like women's football in the Premier League.
These two are two 🤡, make up questions to get views , create
Make it make sense. If the USA woman league is better than all of Europe woman. And usa men is a better version of them. How does the premier woman better? @@InstigatorDJ
Obviously, he has been the best player in the world since 2009.
imagine seeing him when he was in his prime against quality opposition, the GOAT 🐐🐐
dont have to imagine it. alot of us did see him in his prime againt quality opponents.
Not surprising he’s tearing up MLS. Had the pleasure of watching him in his prime in Barcelona since 2010. Magician. Couldn’t touch him.
Have this guys watched Messi in past seasons in Spanish league? Do they know about his 91 goals in a calendar year in Europe?
Why should you doubt that if he was able to do all that in Europe?
The only good points that he provides is his level of commitment when playing for Argentina and the tight schedule that he might get during the season. Another surprising thing is talking about Suarez's quality. Have you ever heard about The M(Messi)S(Suarez) N( Neymar) era? If you are familiar with those names, then it would be logical to predict what the outcome would be.
I predict that he is going to keep a record that would take a long time before someone breaks it.
A very bad subject plot
@@lexkanyima2195 I know about that, but so is this video analysis about certain players that I have watched all my life as a FC Barcelona fan.
It is unfathomable to bring these topics up for discussion on any platform if one is knowledgeable about the exploits that this 2 players have had in the past.
I guess that I was frustrated that the question was coming from ESPN. Their responses portray that they had no prior knowledge about world football(those guys are the purpoted experts in world football). Hence, the rattled response.
Nobody would be able to ask a question like that about these 2 players.
Anyway, I should take into account the atmosphere that this was posted to.
Messi is 37 years
If Messi were 10 years younger, he's scoring pace would be like 3 goals/15 minutes in MLS.
Just look at the results when Messi was out(cuz of injury) and when Messi was on the field - it's absolutely two different teams!!!
The GOAT for a reason!!! 🐐🏆🇦🇷
Messi the greatest footballer ever in history.
Inter Miami needs world-class defenders
I Am dreaming A best strong intermiami with messi and Suarez forwards
No, they just need decent defenders. World-class players won't be in the mls unless they're at the end of their career.
Exactly
@ebenezerindi1766 thats what he meant..they desperately need good defenders..they are not winning with that shambolic defense
@@ebenezerindi1766A good decent defenders would be enough to make this inter Miami team a deadly in MLS 😮
he was the key reason argentina won a world cup just 18 months ago, when he wants to turn up he’s still the best player in the world im convinced about it. He might not be as fast or fit as he was but his passing and overall vision is still the best in the world
Man was the best in the world for a decade. It would be odd if he wasn't best in MLS
2 decades
@@azmatazzzzzz a bit more than a decade 2008-2021, but 2 decades? nah that's going back to a time when he wasn't the biggest guy around
he is officially classed as the best footballer ever period, so obviously he is the best player ever in any league he plays in...logic fails people it really does
Yeah that’s why he’s plays in MLS
The hotdog league
@@stuartwilson1190 he plays in MLS because he has nothing left to win, he has won everything, has the most individual, team and international trophies ever, most Ballon dors, Most FIFA World player awards, Most golden boots, ... a World Cup and TWO WC best player awards, he officially won the GOAT debate... he is just relaxing and playing football for fun... THAT is why he is in MLS... unlike Ronaldo , who is in a Ramshab Kebab league 30 places lower than MLS, and failed on the biggest stage in football running off crying down the tunnel with ZERO WC knockout goals in 5 different WC's.... so, say that again... i suggest you leave commenting on stuff you have zero knowledge on, otherwise, like i just have, everyone will make you look stupid...
@@MCVOfficialRUclips he’s plays in MLS
Because he is old
And that’s why he won’t get anywhere near the ballon dor 2024
Classified by an unemployed American who's 24*7 keyboard warrior. Nice 🙂
@@stuartwilson1190 he has 8.... I don't think he cares... you're not very good at winning your point are you...have another go
Messi has made every opponent look amateur since he was 17.
He's the greatest player OF ALL TIME.
Obviously he's the best player in MLS history.
Did you know that if mess wanted he can become a full time play maker and have another 5 to 10 years of career......?GOAT
Did you see last nights game? He’s already proved he’s the best, but that is a fine example
1 goal, 5 assists. He created every goal that game
You know youre great when people hate on you all the time 😅
Rubbish
Ohtani knows all about that 😂😂😂
You know youre OVER THE HILL, if you go play in pansy US leagues!!
Yep that's why they all hate on Ronaldo..thanks for proving cr7 is the GOAT
@werez47kt20 Most important individual awards -
Messi: 8 Ballon d'ors, 6 golden boots, two time the best player of World Cup.
CR: 5 Ballon d'ors, 4 golden boots, had a chance to watch Messi being the best player in World Cup
70 IQ CR7 Fan: RoNaLdO is tHe GOAT
I agree, he is the best in the league. I think you are unware that he is helping every team and every player get better.
So in 3 years time Major league will get better in terms of soccer intelligence not only stamina etc...
GOAT of ‘Multiverse League Soccer’.
You cannot say that. He was scoring more than 50 goals per season in majority of his career that doesn’t mean European football is a cakewalk. That’s because he is GOAT. They will perform everywhere if they are treated well
This is why a head CT scan should be a crucial part of pre employment tests as a pundit
Lol
Haha
Same needs to be done to the entire Messi fandom..
Carlos Vela scored 36 goals once in the 2019 MLS season, at the prime of his career and after retiring from the Mexican National Team. Also, Vela hasn’t been able to reproduce those numbers and hasn’t scored much since.
In his whole career at Real Sociedad Vela scored 61 goals in 213 games, Messi had 73 goals in the 60 games he played in 2012 alone. This was never a competition.
It's not like Messi isn't the best in the world playing in the US where they play football with their hands most of the time
Best player in the world......best player of Football history..
Best football player in football history.. Messi
I was curious about this question glad yall cleared it up
The title should have been like, "is 36 year old messi best in MLS?" The answer is "yessss,absolutely"
Messi is the greatest ever in the foodball history 🐐
Better change that Title! Such disrespect to the GOAT!
OMG what a question!
He is the GOAT globally....
U guys are being watched worldwide only bcoz of GOAT Messi😎
Best player athlete ever to have walked this earth
Wr are lucky to see him in our time❤
Correct that's why I watching it lol
🔥Messi's STATISTICS IS ASTRONOMICAL HE WON 5 TIMES WITH 50 GOALS PER SEASON ,THE ONLY PLAYER TO SCORE OVER 50 GOALS IN 5 CONSECUTIVE SEASONS 🔥💥💥
Fake stats as usual ronaldo scored 50+ goals for straight 8 seasons.
Where you getting these stats from? He's never scored 50 for 5 straight seasons? Ronaldo did it for 6 straight so maybe you are talking about him?
@@fcb3266Fake stats, Messi has a World cup.
@@Astraic100
It's not fake go check it. And wc was ended two year's ago. Get over it.
@@fcb3266 the fake part was a joke and cry about it
Isn't that obvious...the one who won every possible trophy, the one who completed football.....!!!
"Best player in MLS history"
That really isn't saying much 😂
Plays for a club who's all time goalscorer has less than 40 goals.
That club was barely founded in 2018 lmao
@@richardcastaway7683the guy is an idiot lmfao
Anyone else notice they’re finally giving feedback while showing gameplay footage at the same time ❤
He is not the best in MLS or the world. He is the best in the history of football :)
MESSI can still outperform so called stars in every league.
his passing range, vision and magical finishing cant be replicated.
Yeah that’s why he plays in MLS
Just like all the other semi retired
European players
@@stuartwilson1190 because he wants to not because he can't do it in europe, he is still the best in the world, will always remain until he retires because of natural talent.
@@vik24oct1991
It's ok bro we all know you're yapping
@@vik24oct1991 he’s only in the MLS because nobody in Europe wanted to pay him they wages at his age
No top team in Europe wanted him because of his age.
The only leagues interested in Messi was the camel league & the MLS league
It’s in ESPN’s agenda to keep posting about him every day or people wouldn’t care.
You still never answered my question why does no top European player ever want to play in mls until they are old like mid 30’s
@@vik24oct1991 to be fair, he couldnt be productive as he once was in europe. Hes past that point
He tends to heat up everytime a major international tournament is near, no surprises here
Great point about Messi's playing on artificial turf. An indicator of his being the ultimate professional who thinks about the crowd that paid high price to see him, even if those are for the other teams, and not just his personal onfield accomplishment.
As for his play on artificial turf, seems like his game did not suffer or was not compromised. A sign of his raw pure talent when it comes to having a great feel for the ball.
he is the best player in the history, not just MLS!
I don't want to debate Messi or Ronaldo anymore. It"s getting no where.
Let the number of audience decides which one is better. How many people watch Messi play and how many people watch Ronaldo play. Number do not lie
Hard disagree on the numbers, yes they are important but only half the equation. What players like Messi, Ozil..etc do when the ball is in their feet can't be quantified.
Hard agree that's there's no comparison, it's insulting to compare CR7 as good a legend as he is with Messi! There was never any player as good as Messi so far but hopefully another will come in our lifetime.
This MLS Messi guy is pretty good. Hope to see him go to Europe and dominate there someday.
Nobody makes them look anything, the USA Academy will never be able to beat European pace Academy... is because we think we are the best at everything while in fact the Directors and Federation in USA are just trying to make a business out of the sport instead of investing in really winning at international Tournaments. And unless they change their mentality and start asking for help, every person coming from Europe will make them look bad, starting from calling it Soccer
If the sport takes off, you better be sure the top players will be there. The US has a waaay bigger market and potential than Europe
Messi is not european
@@markaron9356 We know that, the same as we know you were born from a human female person. What's ur point?
How can you even ask that though?
The guys is outstanding. What an incredible player he is… Salute my guys 🇺🇸🇲🇽.
Messi makes a huge difference everywhere he goes. Inter Miami has serious problems with its defense, really. Messi makes everyone play great: Suárez, Jordi Alba, Busquets, Taylor and Cremaschi.
So we're just gonna forget how zlatan made mls players look like amateurs in his 2 seasons with la galaxy and also carlos vela with lafc
Zlatan destroyed that league and went back to europe .
zlatan himself said he will never get close to messi,because messi is on a different level
He is the best player in football history so I don't understand your question
How is Lionel Messi breaking Carlos Vela’s record with a Copa America that crosses out several MLS games? I’d be the happiest, but it just seems not feasible - it certainly would have been without it.
Inter Miami better improve their midfield & DEFENCE, especially, for them to play up top much better. We can't always be outscoring the opponents all the time & we CAN'T expect Messi to always carry the team. We gotta take some pressure off of him, let him enjoy his time now. If this team wants to win anything they have to play & defend much better.
Come on, Messi is the best in the world.
Messi's career is bigger than the whole MLS.
His 1 year is greater than mls
Correction: 7X bigger than the whole MLS!...
Only thing missing is more goals/chemistry from Cramuschi and Taylor (like what we saw when Messi 1st arrived) - both are to talented to be this quiet
Messi é gênio e está eternizado na história do futebol, se ele não fez algum gol específico ninguém mais faz, só que ele não precisa disso para provar o quão gênio é. GOAT só existe 1
If he was the best player in Spain, why is he will not be the best in much worse league👍🐐
No this was disputed too. C. Ronaldo won several ballon dors during the time both were playing in la liga
Messi won more la Liga@@safarit678
@@safarit678 Nobody cares about Ronaldo.
@@safarit678oh please We all know Messi was better Statistically in every year and overall a better player to watch
@@safarit678 During Ronaldos 9 years at Madrid Messi scored more, assisted more, won more trophies, won more ballon dors (5 to 4), won more golden boots (5 to 3), 14 to 8 wins vs eachother, 7 to 1 la liga poty, etc. Ronaldo was not better than Messi during his time in Spain.
We are watching u and MLS because of Messi
He is the one(Goat)
nobody can be him
respect to both of you for pronouncing Luis the correct way. the number of times I try to tell people at work how to say it the Spanish way
Messi is in a galaxy of his own, period. To merely call him the GOAT is a gross understatement. The day that Messi stops playing soccer is the day that soccer becomes a dead horse.
Goat makes everyone look like Amateurs, Even in the toughest league in Spain, he made Madrid look like Clowns
MLS is lower than Messi training.
I would rather " no to answer this question."
This question is borderline disrespectful
He is still the best in the world. If he wins MLS and Copa America with best player in both teams, dont be surprised becose Messi will win 9 balon the oro. Becose Messi without any goal or assist is top 5player in the world...✌️😉
Messi is completely cooking at Inter Miami while CR7 is a complete flop at Al Nassr
i dont really like ronaldo but thats just a lie
26 matches 29 Goals 10 Assists, how is that a flop 🤦♂️
Cr7 is also 39 years old !!
48 games 50 goals 15 assists
I love to being a flop then
Well... u have to add to Messi stats 1 more gol and 5 (FIVE) assistants from last game vs Redbulls, so is already pretty close in assistants to the present record.
MLS made Clint Dempsey look like Neymar. Messi’s overall career will always have question marks because he never took the challenge of playing in the Premier league, best league in the world. Always took the easy way out.
Keep fooling yourself. Whatever makes you sleep well at night. 😂
From 2005-2018 La Liga was way stronger than the EPL
и это говорит индиец, где футбола вообще нет
Question marks LMAO
Nobody plays in the EPL. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Why and how do you think you're getting all these numbers? The MESSI effect!!😂❤
Let my man’s enjoy his life, GOAT IS just chilling now, it’s a practice daily for this man
And next week, Messi does it again more than ever!
Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He’s been making every team he played against look amateur💀
How does no one mention how sublime Suarez’s touch is for the first goal.
You know I love hearing Messi doing good
I'm brazilian and even I think this question is disrespectful.
These people forget he played against 2nd division teams in copa del rey matches with astroturf grounds too.
O man who wrote those thumbnail
The was the best player in MLS history the moment he stepped off the plane into America.
Mesdu ilove people ingonesia❤❤
0:05 Those flags are not supposed to be allow in the stadiums
obv not only overall but also by stats, 19goals+assits Nr.1 i nthe mls and if you have eyes you don't need that to know it
Here we go again
I only
Clicked on the video to comment “tf kinda question is this???”
I have been saying this from the first game he played there. He makes them look like toys. He is toying with them.
I hope Messi stays for one more season just so I could watch him on RUclips
That's not a question...
That's a fact, he is the 🐐 👽 👑 of ⚽️ and MLS best player easily....
If fifa donot consided him as best.. So we the fans feel so happy when messi get the ball he give us joy
He is Messi the best player in the world Thank you Messi ❤️🌹
Such a question could only be asked by American media
Most people here don't even remember that Pele and Johan Cruyff played at MLS, so even if Messi is up there with Pele and Maradona, the question is very valid historically, obvious not today.
Some facts of Messi
1. Lionel Messi doesn't chase the ball; the ball finds its way to his feet as if guided by the football gods.
2. Messi doesn’t score goals. He simply alters the scoreboard as a matter of cosmic inevitability.
3. Offside rules are rewritten whenever Messi decides to be in an offside position, just to accommodate his presence on the pitch.
4. Messi doesn't practice free kicks. Instead, the goal post shifts to where his football soul feels like placing the ball.
5. When Messi dribbles, it’s not that defenders can't catch him; they're just caught in a temporal loop of his creation, reliving the moment he passed them by.
6. The laws of physics apply to all players except Messi. For him, the laws politely step aside and watch the game.
7. Messi is the only player who has ever been accused of being the referee’s favorite by the referee himself.
He is the best player in all of world's history, doesn't matter where.
He could have stayed in Europe... I'm glad he came here though!!
That shouldn't even be a question, its ridiculous or maybe it's rhetorical
That one guy just mad he never made it, mans wants to be different
The Greatest in History doesn't have problems playing on turf shows how strong he is, even if he's pushing 40s.
He have been the best since ever ,not just mls