{"id":294937,"date":"2023-10-31T01:25:07","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T01:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=294937"},"modified":"2023-10-31T01:25:07","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T01:25:07","slug":"messi-and-beckham-have-full-circle-mls-moment-at-ballon-dor-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/messi-and-beckham-have-full-circle-mls-moment-at-ballon-dor-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Messi and Beckham have full-circle MLS moment at Ballon d&apos;Or ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Lionel Messi and David Beckham have full-circle moment as MLS&#8217; first-ever designated player presents Inter Miami star with Ballon d&#8217;Or<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Lionel Messi was rewarded for a fantastic year for his club and country<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He led Inter Miami to its first trophy shortly after joining the club<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>DailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports news<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lionel Messi won his eighth Ballon d&#8217;Or on Monday night &#8211; and was presented the award by fellow MLS trailblazer David Beckham.<\/p>\n<p>Messi, 36, moved to Inter Miami over the summer just months after leading Argentina to victory in the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>But it was Beckham &#8211; now an Inter Miami co-owner &#8211; who first opened the floodgates into America, as he joined the LA Galaxy from Real Madrid in 2007.<\/p>\n<p>The former Manchester United and England star gushed over Messi, who led Miami to a Leagues Cup title shortly after joining the club.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s very special to say he&#8217;s a Miami player and he&#8217;s in our city. He&#8217;ll celebrate this with his team-mates and his family in his way.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/30\/22\/77194769-0-image-a-31_1698706463500.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>David Beckham presented Lionel Messi with his eighth Ballon d&#8217;Or trophy on Monday<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/00\/77194763-12690853-The_two_work_together_at_Inter_Miami_where_ex_England_star_Beckh-a-1_1698711130373.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The two work together at Inter Miami, where ex-England star Beckham is the co-owner<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/00\/77194771-12690853-Beckham_joined_the_LA_Galaxy_in_2007_in_a_huge_move_before_Messi-a-2_1698711130374.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Beckham joined the LA Galaxy in 2007 in a huge move before Messi joined MLS this year<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We&#8217;ll do our best to celebrate it in the Miami way. I&#8217;m sure we can do a good party.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Messi was joined at the ceremony by his wife,\u00a0Antonella Roccuzzo, and their three sons,\u00a0Mateo, Thiago and Ciro.<\/p>\n<p>The pair&#8217;s kids even joined Messi onstage as he accepted the award.<\/p>\n<p>Despite winning the Leagues Cup, Miami failed to qualify for the MLS postseason following the arrivals of Messi, Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba.<\/p>\n<p>The team was last in the Eastern Conference when the trio joined.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/00\/77193633-12690853-The_four_time_Champions_League_winner_arrived_at_the_event_along-a-4_1698711130380.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The four-time Champions League winner arrived at the event alongside his family<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/00\/77196411-12690853-Messi_s_sons_Mateo_Thiago_and_Ciro_joined_him_onstage_as_he_acce-a-3_1698711130376.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Messi&#8217;s sons\u00a0Mateo, Thiago and Ciro joined him onstage as he accepted the award<\/p>\n<p>Messi made just six league appearances for Miami due to injury and international duty with Argentina.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to his MLS move, Messi scored 32 goals in 55 games\u00a0across all competitions for PSG, helping the side clinch the Ligue 1 title.<\/p>\n<p>He also scored seven goals in the World Cup &#8211; including two in the final &#8211; as he led La Albiceleste to their first World Cup triumph since 1986.<\/p>\n<p>He beat out the likes of Erling Haaland (second place) Kylian Mbappe (third) and Kevin De Bruyne (fourth) for this year&#8217;s Ballon d&#8217;Or.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12690853\/Lionel-Messi-David-Beckham-circle-moment-MLS.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lionel Messi and David Beckham have full-circle moment as MLS&#8217; first-ever designated player presents Inter Miami star with Ballon d&#8217;Or Lionel Messi was rewarded for a fantastic year for his club and country He led Inter Miami to its first trophy shortly after joining the club DailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports news Lionel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294936,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Messi and Beckham have full-circle MLS moment at Ballon d&amp;apos;Or ceremony - Sports Life Tale<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/messi-and-beckham-have-full-circle-mls-moment-at-ballon-dor-ceremony\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Messi and Beckham have full-circle MLS moment at Ballon d&amp;apos;Or ceremony - Sports Life Tale\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lionel Messi and David Beckham have full-circle moment as MLS&#8217; 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