{"id":176129,"date":"2026-11-03T20:59:39","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T00:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/messi-leads-mls-jersey-sales-for-the-fourth-consecutive-year\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T20:59:39","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T00:59:39","slug":"messi-leads-mls-jersey-sales-for-the-fourth-consecutive-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/national\/messi-leads-mls-jersey-sales-for-the-fourth-consecutive-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Messi leads MLS jersey sales for the fourth consecutive year"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lionel Messi dominates the market: Absolute leader in MLS jersey sales<\/h2>\n\n<p>The fever for Lionel Messi knows no bounds in the United States. The Argentine star, the undisputed figure of Inter Miami, has once again established himself as the commercial benchmark for Major League Soccer (MLS). For the fourth consecutive season, the jersey of the Argentine national team captain tops the list of the league&#8217;s best-selling apparel, reaffirming his media and sporting impact.<\/p>\n\n<p>According to official data reported by the MLS, covering the period from January 1 to October 30, 2026, the podium is completed by two figures of global impact who have revolutionized their respective clubs: South Korean Son Heung-Min, a key player for Los Angeles FC, and German Thomas M\u00fcller, who plays for the Vancouver Whitecaps.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">New stars climb the rankings<\/h2>\n\n<p>The summer transfer market brought significant changes to the sales ranking. Robert Lewandowski, now in the ranks of the Chicago Fire, has positioned himself in fourth place. It is worth noting that, since his arrival in the league in June, the Polish striker has recorded the highest volume of individual sales, although it has not been enough to displace Messi from the overall lead.<\/p>\n\n<p>For his part, Frenchman Antoine Griezmann, the new face of Orlando City, rounds out the top 5 of this prestigious ranking.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Cavan Sullivan (Philadelphia Union): The 17-year-old young prospect takes sixth place, being one of the biggest surprises on the list.<\/li><li>Denis Bouanga (LAFC): Seventh place for the Gabonese forward.<\/li><li>Luis Su\u00e1rez (Inter Miami): The Uruguayan goalscorer is in eighth position.<\/li><li>Hany Mukhtar (Nashville SC): Ninth place for the German attacker.<\/li><li>Rodrigo De Paul (Inter Miami): The Argentine midfielder completes the top 10.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Inter Miami dominance and World Cup legacy<\/h2>\n\n<p>Inter Miami consolidates itself as the most influential team in sports merchandise, managing to place three of its players among the ten best-sellers: Messi, Su\u00e1rez, and De Paul. Los Angeles FC closely follows this dominance with two representatives on the list.<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The presence of world champions in MLS elevates the status of the competition. Messi and De Paul (Argentina 2022), Griezmann (France 2018), and M\u00fcller (Germany 2014) represent the elite of global soccer that now shines in American stadiums.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p>This ranking, compiled through transactions recorded at the league&#8217;s official store (MLSstore.com) and supported by Adidas, confirms that MLS continues to attract top international soccer stars, who keep fan interest at record levels.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lionel Messi dominates the market: Absolute leader in MLS jersey sales The fever for Lionel Messi knows no bounds in the United States. The Argentine star, the undisputed figure of Inter Miami, has once again established himself as the commercial benchmark for Major League Soccer (MLS). For the fourth consecutive season, the jersey of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":176130,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12809],"tags":[1427,152,607,4379],"class_list":{"0":"post-176129","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national","8":"tag-messi","9":"tag-mls","10":"tag-soccer","11":"tag-t-shirts"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}