In his first full season in the league, Lionel Messi will be going for his first MVP but he'll be up against his teammate Luis Suarez for the honor. The Columbus Crew are right behind the Herons with five finalists while LAFC have three. As awards are announced, this story will be updated accordingly with the winners.

Lionel Messi was named one of five finalists for the MLS Landon Donovan MVP Award on Thursday. Here are all the other finalists for MLS awards in 2024

Major League Soccer announced its Landon Donovan MVP finalists on Thursday, with the Inter Miami forward pair of Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez highlighting

With the MLS season over and playoffs underway, it's time to take a look at end-of-season awards. It's important to remember that only league play is taken into account here so for players like Cucho Hernandez who had impressive exploits in Concacaf Champions Cup,

The Inter Miami star's $20.4 million in total compensation for 2024 dwarfs the team payrolls of most MLS franchises.

The Argentine legend's $12 million base salary and $20,446,667 in total compensation from Inter Miami topped MLS by a wide margin.

Five teams have a new top earner: Atlanta United ( Aleksey Miranchuk, $3.7 million), the Chicago Fire ( Hugo Cuypers, $3.5 million), the LA Galaxy ( Riqui Puig, $4.6 million), Los Angeles FC ( Olivier Giroud, $3.68 million) and St. Louis City ( Marcel Hartel, $2.2 million).

In addition to Messi, Inter Miami teammate Luis Suarez is among five finalists for the Landon Donovan MLS MVP announced on Thursday. The others include Evander from the Portland Timbers, Cucho Hernandez of the Columbus Crew and D.C. United’s Christian Benteke, who also won this season’s Golden Boot for most goals.

Lionel Messi is among the finalists for Major League Soccer's MVP award for this season. In addition to Messi, Inter Miami teammate Luis Suárez is among five finalists for the Landon Donovan MLS MVP announced on Thursday.