After capping off an excellent season by winning the MLS Cup on Saturday , Lionel Messi has been named the MLS MVP for the second consecutive season. Messi just completed a season with the second most goal contributions in league history with 48 from 29 goals and 19 assists, while also becoming the second player in league history to lead the league in both goals and assists alongside Sebastian Giovinco.

Messi has capped off one of the most successful seasons in league history and been rewarded with another MVP award. No player has ever won the award in consecutive years, while Preki is the only player to win the award twice. Preki did it in 1997 and 2003, a very different era than this current iteration of MLS, during which the talent level of both youth players and stars in the league

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