Son Heung-min and Messi are selected as the 'United Best 11' in the U.S.-Mexico League

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Son Heung-min (34, Los Angeles FC) was selected as the best 11 in the MX integration of Major League Soccer (MLS) and Mexican professional football leagues by Mexican media.

Son Heung-min was named as the best 11 integrated by Mexican media NextMex Official 10 with the best players of MLS and Liga MX on the 11th (Korea time).

Son Heung-min was a 4-3-3 left-side striker and formed an offensive team with Paulinho (Toluka) and Lionel Messi (Inter Miami).

Paulinho, who is one-top with Son Heung-min and Messi in between, is a Portuguese striker and ranked first in scoring with 15 goals in the first half of this season following 27 goals in the league in the 2024-2025 season in Toluca.

Marcel Lewis (Toluca), Sergio Canales (Monterrey) and Rodrigo de Paul (Inter Miami) were selected as the best 11 midfielders in the U.S.-Mexico integration.

Son Heung-min's Tottenham teammate Sergio Reguilon (Inter Miami), Federico Pereira (Toluca), Rob Holding (Colorado Rappies), and Richard Ledesma (Guadalajara) were named as the defense team, while Camilo Vargas (Atlas) was named as the goalkeeper.

By league, five players were selected from MLS where Son Heung-min plays and six from Liga MX. Son Heung-min was the only member of Los Angeles FC, and three were selected each in Inter Miami and Toluca, where Messi belongs.

Meanwhile, Son Heung-min, who is preparing for the 2026 season, will play his first official match of the season through the first round of the CONCACAF Champions Cup against Real Spain at noon on the 18th.

Then, at 11:30 a.m. on the 22nd, he will face Inter Miami, where Messi belongs, in the opening game of the 2026 MLS first round at the Memorial Coliseum in LA.

This is the first time that Son Heung-min and Messi face off on the MLS stage. In the face-off between the two top stars representing MLS, the MLS secretariat also decided to play the opening game at the Memorial Coliseum, which can accommodate 77,000 people. It is the first time in history that an MLS game will be held at this stadium.

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