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- Unofficially, Raquinho the Raccoon spent 161 seconds on the field tonight, which was the most by a raccoon in @MLS history.
00:18🚨 SIGN HIM NOW! 🦝 - With his brace tonight, @InterMiamiCF's Lionel Messi became the first player in @MLS history to produce nine multi-goal games in a single regular season.
- With his first-half assist against New York City FC, @InterMiamiCF forward Lionel Messi became the first player in MLS history to record at least 35 goal contributions in consecutive seasons.
- Lionel Messi's six goal contributions for @InterMiamiCF tonight set a record for the most in a single game in MLS history. Messi's five assists were also the most by a player in a game in MLS history.
- Entering MLS Cup 2024 presented by Audi, @MLS' 2024 total attendance of more than 12.1 million fans ranks as the second most among all global soccer leagues, behind only the English Premier League.
- With his first-half brace tonight, @InterMiamiCF's Lionel Messi became the first player in @MLS history to score multiple goals in four-straight regular-season matches.
- Today marked the first time in @MLS history that two games – @CharlotteFC (69,345) and @ATLUTD (67,538) – had an attendance of at least 65,000 on the same day.
- With two goals and an assist against CF Montréal, @InterMiamiCF forward Lionel Messi became the third player in MLS history to notch at least two goals and one assist in three consecutive league matches, and the first since Thierry Henry in 2012.
- With a brace tonight, @InterMiamiCF's Lionel Messi has produced 15 goals and 15 assists in his first 19 @MLS games, becoming the fastest player in league history to do so. Messi accomplished this 10 games quicker than the previous record holder (Sebastian Giovinco, 29 games).
- After his performance tonight, @WhitecapsFC's Thomas Müller became the first player in @MLS history to score a regular-season hat trick on his birthday.
- With their 1-0 win tonight, @SportingKC became the first team in @MLS history to win a game without attempting a single shot in the contest.
- With a pair of goals against the New England Revolution -- his eighth and ninth goals of the season -- @InterMiamiCF's Lionel Messi became the first player in MLS history to record multiple goal contributions in five consecutive games.
