{"id":402241,"date":"2026-09-17T05:36:30","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T05:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/402241\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T05:36:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T05:36:30","slug":"lionel-messi-lifts-record-48th-trophy-as-inter-miami-win-campeones-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/402241\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionel Messi lifts record 48th trophy as Inter Miami win Campeones Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"

Messi added to his unparalleled collection Wednesday night, winning the record-extending 48th trophy of his legendary career as Inter Miami CF<\/a> defeated Cruz Azul, 2-0<\/a>, to capture the 2026 Michelob ULTRA Campeones Cup at Nu Stadium.<\/p>\n

The Argentine superstar fittingly powered the Herons to another piece of silverware, scoring his 100th goal for Inter Miami before assisting Casemiro<\/a> for the second. Messi opened the scoring with a 24th-minute header assisted by Luis Su\u00e1rez<\/a>, reaching the century mark just over three years after joining the club.<\/p>\n

Inter Miami have now lifted a trophy in four consecutive seasons \u2013 every year since Messi’s transformative arrival in South Florida midway through the 2023 campaign.<\/p>\n

\n Team success<\/p>\n

Messi’s first season in Miami brought immediate success, as he guided the Herons to the Leagues Cup<\/a> 2023 title \u2013 the first trophy in club history \u2013 just weeks after making his debut.<\/p>\n

A year later, Miami captured the 2024 Supporters’ Shield, setting an MLS single-season points record with 74 points.<\/p>\n

The club added their biggest prize yet in 2025, defeating Vancouver Whitecaps FC<\/a>, 3-1<\/a>, to win MLS Cup presented by Audi for the first time. Messi supplied two assists in the victory.<\/p>\n

Now, the 2026 Campeones Cup keeps the streak alive.<\/p>\n

\n Historic haul<\/p>\n

As for Messi, the iconic No. 10 was already the sport’s most decorated player before Wednesday’s match. Now, his unprecedented collection stands at 48 trophies across a career spanning more than two decades.<\/p>\n

The eight-time Ballon d’Or winner’s r\u00e9sum\u00e9 includes 10 LaLiga titles and four UEFA Champions League crowns with FC Barcelona, two Ligue 1 titles with Paris Saint-Germain and a historic run of international success with Argentina, highlighted by the 2022 FIFA World Cup<\/a> triumph and\u00a0Copa Am\u00e9rica<\/a> titles in 2021 and 2024.<\/p>\n

Since joining Miami, Messi has added Leagues Cup, the Supporters’ Shield, MLS Cup and now Campeones Cup to that collection.<\/p>\n

\n Miami’s streak continues<\/p>\n

Wednesday’s victory also adds another chapter to the most successful era in Inter Miami’s young history.<\/p>\n

The Herons entered Messi’s debut season in 2023 without a trophy since joining MLS as an expansion club in 2020. They’ve now celebrated silverware in four straight years:<\/p>\n

2023: Leagues Cup
\n2024: Supporters’ Shield
\n2025: MLS Cup
\n2026: Campeones Cup<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Messi added to his unparalleled collection Wednesday night, winning the record-extending 48th trophy of his legendary career as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":402242,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[143221,5429,1660,16163,123,125,124,159273,4959],"class_list":["post-402241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-campeones-cup","tag-inter-miami-cf","tag-lionel-messi","tag-match-reaction","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-miavscaz-09-16-2026","tag-sendtonews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=402241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/402242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}