Inter Miami CF barely played the first round of the playoffs this season, however, it won’t have much vacation.
Miami’s eleven will return to training as soon as next January to begin preparing for their most demanding season, with three major competitions, aspiring to win at least two of them in their last campaign at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale.
The first is the 2025 MLS Cup and for this it not only needs to qualify, but to beat all its rivals in the playoffs, the second is the CONCACAF Champions League, which it has already reached, but stayed halfway. Finally, the Club World Cup will be held in the summer, where it will compete with the best teams in the world and hopes to at least play a good role.
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In the last campaign, Inter was the best team of the regular season, but it fell unexpectedly eliminated by Atlanta United, losing the second and third then winning the first challenge.
The 2025 MLS season begins on February 22 with 30 teams and it is not necessary to finish first in your conference, but do go with everything in the post-season in search of reaching the final and winning it.
Then there are the Conca champions, where Inter will face Sporting Kansas City, MLS, in the first round, and win the eighth final, where the Cavalier, champion of the Jamaica Premier League, awaits him.
If they were angry again, the Miami team would see them in quarters against the winner between Columbus Crew, of the MLS and the winner of the series between LAFC, the MX League, and Colorado, of the MLS. If he wins the quarterfinals again he could meet Monterrey, finalist of the MX League, a team that eliminated him in the previous edition.
On the other side of the key, although there are other good teams, they are favorites to reach the final the Americas, the finalist of the MX League, and the Galaxy, MLS champion. Whatever Inter is, he can beat him.
Already in the Club World Cup, it is more complicated, even the group phase. Inter, located in Group A, will open the tournament on Saturday, June 14, facing champion Africa Al Ahly at the Hard Rock Stadium, then play on June 19 against Porto at Mercedes Benz Stadium and close the phase at Hard Rock Stadium on June 23 against Palmeiras.
Two teams qualify for the eighth. If Miami is first, it faces Group B 2nd but if it’s second, it would be the first of the A, on the other side of the key. This Group B is made up of PSG, Atletico Madrid, Botafogo, and Seattle Sounders, almost nothing.
For Miami, this tournament is not hard, but the next thing, it has Lionel Messi, who knows what it’s like to play against the big ones and beat them, and also has the help of Luis Suarez, Jordi Alba, and Sergio Busquets, also accustomed to these struggles, so everything can happen.
The new coach, Javier Mascherano, will have a difficult mission as the head of the team. First, filling the boots of his predecessor Gerardo Martino, second, looking for the best way to achieve these goals, for which he will need reinforcements, mainly two defenses, an offensive medium and a level striker to replace Mario Gomez’s loss..
As much as Mascherano did not promise titles, the Miami club not only aspires to compete but aspires to win and raise trophies, as many as possible, so he will have to do the impossible in order to cover the expectation and in passing silence the voices of the critics who argue do not see him prepared.
On Thursday, Inter presented its new visitor T-shirt on the Fortitude Kit, combining the dark black and grey colors, which represent strength and endurance, while showing confidence and determination, characteristics that define the Miami club.
And with Messi, you have all that and everything is possible. So a more than exciting 2025 season is expected, hoping it won’t be Leo’s last in the eleven in the Capital of the Sun and that he will be present in the 2026 World Cup playing at Miami Freedom Park.
