Messi tops the list of best-selling MLS shirts

Lionel Messiwho made his debut just over two months ago for Inter Miami, tops the league’s best-selling shirt rankings Multilateral In 2023.

Today, Friday, the American Football League detailed the list of best-selling shirts during the period from January 1 to September 12, 2023, led by the Argentine star.

Messi announced his arrival to Miami on June 7 He made his debut for the pink team on July 21 in a match against Cruz Azul.

But this summer, which was witnessed by “Messimania” in the United States, which led Inter Miami to win the first title in its history (the League Cup), was enough for Rosario’s genius shirt to become the best-selling in the American League this year.

Thus, Messi appears in first place on this list, ahead of Brazilian Joao Klaus, the star of St. Louis City (the team that appears for the first time in the American League this year and which surprisingly occupies first place in the Western Conference); And German Hani Mokhtar, the Nashville star and winner of the Best Player Award and top scorer in the American League in 2022.

Argentine Sebastian Driusi (Austin) and Mexican Carlos Vela (Los Angeles FC) complete the top five.

Three players from the Seattle Sounders, who in 2022 became the first MLS team to win the CONCACAF Champions League, are among the top ten: Jordan Morris (sixth), Peruvian Raul Ruidiaz (seventh) and American of Guatemalan and Salvadoran origin Cristian Roldan (10th).

Argentine Thiago Almada (Atlanta United) and German Edward Lewin (St. Louis City) ranked eighth and ninth, respectively.

Seven of the 10 best-selling MLS jerseys in 2023 are from Latino players.

The list of the most popular MLS jerseys includes other players of Spanish origin such as Mexico’s Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez (LA Galaxy, 12), Spain’s Sergio Busquets (Inter Miami, 13), Spain’s Riqui Puig (LA Galaxy, 15), and Spain’s Sergio Busquets (Inter Miami, 13), and Spain’s Riqui Puig (Los Angeles Galaxy, 15). Mexican-American Brandon Vazquez (Cincinnati, 16), Colombian Diego Chara (Portland Timbers, 19), Venezuelan Josef Martinez (Inter Miami, 21), Spaniard Carles Gil (New England Revolution, 22), and Argentine Enzo Copete. (Charlotte, 24).