The 2025 season is the sixth season for

Inter Miami CF Club Internacional de Fútbol Miami (), commonly referred to as Inter Miami, is an American professional soccer club based in the Miami metropolitan area. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Eastern Conference (M ...

, a professional

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team based in

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, Florida, United States. The team plays in

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(MLS), the top flight of club soccer in the United States, as a member of the Eastern Conference. The year also marks the 22nd season of first-division club soccer in

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. In addition to playing in the MLS regular season, Inter Miami CF competed in the

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for the second time, and will play in the

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for the first time. The club are the defending

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champions, having set a record for most

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in MLS history during the 2024 regular season. They qualified for the FIFA Club World Cup in the allocated slot for the host country and will play in the expanded tournament's opening match on June 15, 2025, at

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. The 2025 season will be the final year for the club at

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, which will be replaced by

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in 2026.

Summary

Preseason

Argentinian manager Gerardo "Tata" Martino resigned at the end of the 2024 season after two years at the club and was replaced on November 26 by

Javier Mascherano Javier Alejandro Mascherano (; born 8 June 1984) is an Argentine Association football, football manager and former player who is the current head coach of Major League Soccer club Inter Miami. As a player, he played as a centre-back or defensive ...

, the former manager of the Argentina under-20 team. Sporting director

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left Miami in December to join

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. The team's

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, Argentinian midfielder

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, has a contract through the end of the 2025 season. The team had several key players who had contracts that were set to expire during the 2024–25 offseason, including striker

Luis Suárez Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz (; born 24 January 1987) is a Uruguayan professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Striker (association football), striker for Major League Soccer club Inter Miami CF, Inter Miami. Known for his go ...

and defender

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, who had a club option for 2025. Suárez signed a one-year extension of his contract on November 27 and was followed by the exercising of a contract option for Alba through the 2025 season. The preseason for Inter Miami CF began on January 10 with players reporting to a training camp that expended to full sessions three days later. The team played their first friendly match ten days later against

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in the

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area. The teams drew 2–2 in regulation time and Inter Miami CF won 3–2 in the

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, which culminated in a winning kick by 17-year-old homegrown player Santiago Morales. Inter Miami CF then played in three overseas friendlies organized by marketing agency Never Say Never (co-founded by

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) before returning to the United States in February. Inter Miami CF and

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played a preseason

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on February 14 at

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; it was the first match at the stadium with MLS teams since the

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folded in 2001.

February and March

Miami began their season with the first round of the

. The first leg was hosted by

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and originally scheduled for February 18, but was moved a day later due to a winter storm warning. The match kicked off on February 19 with a temperature of ; by the end of the match, the temperature was below . Lionel Messi scored the lone goal of the match in the 56th minute as both teams had difficulty playing in the cold conditions. The match's referee, Marco Ortíz of Mexico, was later suspended by

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for requesting an autograph from Messi for a family member. The team returned to Florida three days later to open the MLS regular season against

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; the scheduled kickoff time was delayed by five hours to accommodate the earlier change in the CONCACAF Champions Cup fixture. Messi had two assists in the match, which finished in a 2–2 draw after a late tying goal for Miami in the tenth minute of stoppage time by Telasco Segovia. Miami had played for most of the match with 10 players after defender

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was sent off for a tackle in the 23rd minute. Miami advanced to the round of 16 in the Champions Cup with a 3–1 win at home against Sporting Kansas City in the second leg of their series, which finished with a 4–1

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. All three goals for the home team were scored in the first half, including two in stoppage time. Lionel Messi did not travel for Miami's away league match against the

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, who allowed fans in attendance to claim a complimentary ticket for a future match. Miami won 4–1 with a goal and three assists from

Non-competitive

Preseason

The full preseason schedule with matches in Central and South America was announced on January 10, 2025.

Competitive

Overview

Major League Soccer

League tables

Results summary

Results by round

Match results

The MLS regular season schedule was released on December 19, 2024. Inter Miami CF will play 34 matches—17 at home and 17 away—primarily against the 14 other teams in the Eastern Conference; the team will also play six opponents from the Western Conference. The regular season will include a break for the FIFA Club World Cup in June and no break for the

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in August.

CONCACAF Champions Cup

Inter Miami CF qualified for the tournament as the 2024 MLS Supporters' Shield winners. They were placed into Pot 1 as one of the top eight clubs in the CONCACAF Club Rankings for the round one draw.

Round one

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

FIFA Club World Cup

Inter Miami CF qualified for the tournament as the host country representative team by winning the 2024 MLS Supporters' Shield. They will open the tournament at

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on June 14, 2025.

Group stage (Group A)

The draw for the group stage was held on December 5, 2024. Inter Miami CF was in pot 4 but automatically assigned to Group A for scheduling purposes.

Knockout stage

Leagues Cup

Inter Miami CF qualified for the

as one of the top nine teams in the Eastern Conference standings during the 2024 season. They will not play in the 2025 U.S. Open Cup and will instead be represented by

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, their reserve team from

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League stage

Management

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Players

For the 2025 season, Inter Miami CF are permitted a maximum of 30 signed players on the first team, of which 10 roster positions were designated for supplemental and reserve players. Additional homegrown players are eligible to be signed to off-roster slots and are able to appear in MLS matches through short-term agreements. The senior players in the first 20 roster positions count towards a base

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of $5.95 million with exceptions for certain categories, including up to three Designated Players who counted for a set amount in the cap. The total salary cap of $11.11 million includes the use of general allocation money and other targeted spending mechanisms. MLS clubs are allowed to sign three senior Designated Players and three under-22 Designated Players to salaries that exceed the salary cap with a maximum budget charge of $743,750. , Inter Miami CF has $3.15 million in available general allocation money for the 2025 season.

Roster

Transfers

For transfers in, dates listed are when Inter Miami CF officially signed the player to the roster. Transactions where only the rights to the players are acquired are not listed. For transfers out, dates listed are when Inter Miami CF officially removed the players from its roster, not when they signed with another club. If a player later signed with another club, his new club will be noted, but the date listed here remains the one when he was officially removed from the Inter Miami CF roster.

In

Out

Draft picks

Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract are listed as transfers in. On December 20, 2024, Inter Miami CF traded its first-round pick in the 2025 MLS SuperDraft to

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in exchange for a 2026 second-round pick and $50,000 in general allocation money.

Statistics

Key
MLS = Major League Soccer, PO = MLS Cup playoffs, CCC = CONCACAF Champions Cup, CWC = FIFA Club World Cup, LC = Leagues Cup
A = Appearances, S = Starts, G = Goals

Appearances and goals

Goalscorers

Assists

Clean sheets

Player awards

MLS Team of the Matchday

References

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