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CNBC senior sports reporter Michael Ozanian explains why three MLS squads were able to make the list of top 25 most valued soccer clubs in the world — a list filled primarily with historic European teams.

Best player. Best team. Inter Miami’s Lionel Messi is the unquestioned force in Major League Soccer right now, on a run like nobody else the league has ever seen.

The 38-year-old Argentine star — and captain of the MLS Cup champions — has become the first back-to-back MVP in MLS history, getting announced Tuesday as this year’s winner of the league’s top individual honor.

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Getty Images Getty Images FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA - DECEMBER 09: Lionel Messi #10 of Inter Miami CF

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