All those vying to claim the Golden Boot at the 2024 Copa America will have to wrest it away from Lionel Messi.
While the top nations in North and South America will be trying to take the Copa America title from defending champion Argentina, the best goal scorers in the two regions will be battling to wrest the Golden Boot from their captain Lionel Messi.
Despite winning the Golden Boot in 2021, Messi’s most prolific Copa America scoring performance actually took place in 2016 when the tournament was last contested in the United States. His scoring touch has not slowed down on this side of the Atlantic. He found the net 12 times in his first 12 games with Miami this season after helping lead them to the Leagues Cup title last year.The 23-year-old completed another prolific and successful season at the club level ahead of the Copa America.
He has been in form for his national team with five goals in the six qualifying games they have played for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. He also found the net five times in seven Champions League games as City went out at the quarter-final stage. He also proved his scoring prowess in Germany, netting 20 goals for FC Cologne in 2018-19, helping them return to the top division and then followed that up with 13 markers against the best teams in the Bundesliga.CHRISTIAN PULISIC - USAThe 25-year-old leads all active members of the U.S. men’s national team in career goals with 28 in 66 appearances.
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