The official website of the American Football League announced the ideal lineup for this year, today, Wednesday, without including Lionel Messi, the Inter Miami star who won with the Argentine national team in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
Representatives of the media, league players and the clubs’ technical staff chose the squad of the best 11 players, and it seems that the “Bulga’s” performance with his team was not enough to include him in the list of the best players, according to the Spanish newspaper Marca.
Messi, who won the Ballon d’Or as the best player in the world a record 8 times, scored 11 goals and 5 assists during 14 matches with Inter Miami before his season ended due to him not qualifying for the playoffs.
The Argentine legend (36 years old) joined the American club on July 15 of this year from Paris Saint-Germain, and his contract with the club extends until the end of the 2024-2025 season.
Lionel Messi’s first Goal for InterMiami in MLS !
What a Goal it was 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
pic.twitter.com/SLmSMEY2HW— Pain.𝕏 (@GBarca_) November 23, 2023
The ideal lineup for the American League was as follows:
- Goalkeeping: Roman Burki (St. Louis City)
- Defense line: Matt Miazaga (Cincinnati), Tim Parker (St. Louis City), Walker Zimmerman (Nashville).
- Midline: Luciano Acosta (Cincinnati), Thiago Almada (Atlanta United), Hector Herrera (Houston Dynamo), Hani Mokhtar (Nashville).
- Offensive line: Denis Bouanga (Los Angeles), Giorgos Giakoumakis (Atlanta), Cucho Hernandez (Columbus Crew)
Got the complete collection 🙌
MLS Best XI pres. by @continentaltire pic.twitter.com/W9tULtZFQ5
— Major League Soccer (@MLS) November 28, 2023
