Lionel Messi tops MLS Team of the Season in EA Sports FC 25

EA Sports FC 25's Team of the Season (TOTS) programme is nearing its end, but it kept 1 of soccer's biggest names up its sleeves until now: Lionel Messi.

The eight-time Ballon d'Or victor tops the enactment of the champion MLS players, getting a 97 OVR with fantastic property ratings: Messi The Argentine boasts 98 Dribbling, 97 Passing, 96 Shooting and 93 Pace with lone his Physical (82) and Defending (45) lacking behind. Inter Miami didn't person the champion commencement to the ongoing season, presently ranking sixth successful the league, but it would look positively disastrous without the megastar's contributions - Messi has been fielded 13 times truthful far, scoring 10 goals and 5 assists successful these matches.

These contributions often proved decisive, specified arsenic successful their 2-1 wins implicit Atlanta and Philadelphia arsenic good arsenic their 2-2 against New York City and 1-1 against Toronto. Even Miami's caller 5-1 implicit Columbus -- truthful one-sided connected insubstantial -- mightiness person been a meager gully without his 2 goals and 2 assists.

The remainder of MLS is not slouching either, though, with respective athletes nipping astatine Messi's heels. Here's the afloat MLS TOTS successful EA FC 25:

• Lionel Messi -- Inter Miami (97 OVR)

• Luis Suárez -- Inter Miami (96 OVR)

• Christian Benteke -- D.C. United (96 OVR)

• Evander -- FC Cincinnati (96 OVR)

• Steven Moreira -- Columbus Crew (96 OVR)

• Ricard Puig -- Los Angeles Galaxy (95 OVR)

• Emil Forsberg -- New York Red Bulls (95 OVR)

• Jordi Alba -- Inter Miami (95 OVR)

• Jackson Ragen -- Seattle Sounders FC (94 OVR)

• Kristijan Kahlina -- Charlotte FC (94 OVR)

• Brad Guzan -- Atlanta United (93 OVR)

• Ryan Gauld -- Vancouver Whitecaps FC (92 OVR)

Messi's archrival, Cristiano Ronaldo, managed to onshore a 97 OVR paper arsenic portion of the Saudi Pro League TOTS, matching the Argentine erstwhile more. The Portuguese subordinate likewise leads his competition's TOTS up of players similar Karim Benzema, Moussa Diaby, and N'Golo Kanté.

As is tradition, EA Sports besides released a 'Rest of the World' TOTS to item different standout performances from astir the globe. Atlético Peñarol's Leonardo Fernández and Ulsan Hyundai FC's Ko Seung-beom basal astatine the apical of this squad with 96 OVR each.