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What does the future of the MLS look like once Lionel Messi leaves?

It all comes down to this.

The 2025 MLS Cup Final will feature two teams seeking historic firsts while being led by some of the sport's best to ever do it.

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On one side is Lionel Messi and Inter Miami . It wasn't the best regular season for the team coming off a 2024 Supporters' Shield win, but they would happily trade their current positioning compared to last year's shocking first-round upset.

Led by Messi, Miami also boasts Luis Suarez, Jordi Alba, Sergio Busquets, Rodrigo De Paul and the rising Tadeo Allende, who scored a hat-trick in last week's 5-1 Eastern Conference Final dispatching of NYCFC .

Alba

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