2025 Inter Miami CF season

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Inter Miami CF
2025 season
Inter Miami CF wordmark-full pink.png
Preisdent David Beckham
Head coachvacant
Stadium Chase Stadium
Major League Soccer Conference: TBD
Overall: TBD
MLS Cup playoffs TBD
FIFA Club World Cup TBD
CONCACAF Champions Cup TBD
Leagues Cup TBD
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The 2025 Inter Miami CF season will be the sixth season for Inter Miami CF, a professional soccer team based in Miami, Florida, United States. The team plays in Major League Soccer (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 South Florida. In addition to playing in the MLS regular season, Inter Miami CF will compete in the CONCACAF Champions Cup for the second time and the FIFA Club World Cup for the first time. [1]

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The club are the defending Supporters' Shield champion, having set a record for most points in MLS history during the 2024 regular season. They were invited to 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 Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. [2] Inter Miami CF were eliminated from the 2024 MLS Cup playoffs in the first round by ninth-seeded Atlanta United FC. [1]

Argentinian manager Gerardo "Tata" Martino is set to return for his third season as head coach of Inter Miami CF. The team's captain, midfielder Lionel Messi, has a contract through the end of the 2025 season. [3] The team has several key players who have contracts that are set to expire during the 2024–25 offseason, including striker Luis Suárez and defender Jordi Alba, who has a club option for 2025. [4]

The 2025 season will be the final year for the club at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, which will be replaced by Miami Freedom Park in 2026. [5]

Preseason

Inter Miami CF and Orlando City SC will play a preseason friendly match on February 14, 2025, at Raymond James Stadium. It is the first MLS match at the stadium since the Tampa Bay Mutiny, an MLS team, folded in 2001. [6]

Schedule

February 14 Inter Miami CF v Orlando City SC Tampa, Florida
7:30 p.m. EST Stadium: Raymond James Stadium

Management

PositionStaff
Ownership [7]
President and Co-Owner Flag of England.svg David Beckham
Managing Owner Flag of the United States.svg Jorge Mas
Co-Owner Flag of the United States.svg Jose Mas
Front office [8] [9]
President of Business Operations Flag of Spain.svg Xavier Asensi
Vice President Flag of the United States.svg Pablo Alvarez
Chief Soccer Officer and Sporting Director Flag of the United States.svg Chris Henderson
Coaching staff [10]
Head coach Flag of Argentina.svg Gerardo Martino
Assistant coach Flag of Argentina.svg Gerardo Andres Martino
Assistant coach Flag of Argentina.svg Javier Morales
Assistant coach Flag of Argentina.svg Jorge Theiler
Goalkeeper coach Flag of Argentina.svg Sebastián Saja

Last updated: November 13, 2024
Source: Inter Miami CF

Players

For the 2025 season, Inter Miami CF will have a base salary cap of $5.95 million with general allocation money and other targeted spending bringing the total to $11.11 million. 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. [11]

Roster

As of November 13, 2024 [12]
No.PlayerNationalityPositionDate of birth (age)Signed from
Goalkeepers
1 Drake Callender Flag of the United States.svg GK October 7, 1997 (age 27) Flag of the United States.svg San Jose Earthquakes
13 CJ dos Santos Flag of the United States.svg GK August 24, 2000 (age 24) Flag of Portugal.svg Benfica
19 Oscar Ustari Flag of Argentina.svg GK July 3, 1986 (age 38) Free agent
99 Cole Jensen Flag of the United States.svg GK January 22, 2001 (age 23) Flag of the United States.svg Xavier University
Defenders
6 Tomás Avilés Flag of Argentina.svg DF August 3, 2004 (age 20) Flag of Argentina.svg Racing Club
14 David Martínez Flag of Paraguay.svg DF January 21, 1998 (age 26) Flag of Argentina.svg River Plate
15 Ryan Sailor Flag of the United States.svg DF November 27, 1998 (age 25) Flag of the United States.svg University of Washington
17 Ian Fray Flag of the United States.svg DF August 31, 2002 (age 22) Flag of the United States.svg Fort Lauderdale CF
18 Jordi Alba Flag of Spain.svg DF March 21, 1989 (age 35) Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona
21 Nicolás Freire Flag of Argentina.svg DF February 18, 1994 (age 30) Flag of Mexico.svg UNAM
26 Tyler Hall Flag of the United States.svg DF February 5, 2006 (age 18) Flag of the United States.svg Inter Miami CF II
27 Serhiy Kryvtsov Flag of Ukraine.svg DF March 15, 1991 (age 33) Flag of Ukraine.svg Shakhtar Donetsk
32 Noah Allen Flag of the United States.svg DF April 28, 2004 (age 20) Flag of the United States.svg Inter Miami CF II
33 Franco Negri Flag of Argentina.svg DF February 20, 1995 (age 29) Flag of Argentina.svg Godoy Cruz
57 Marcelo Weigandt Flag of Argentina.svg DF January 11, 2000 (age 24) Flag of Argentina.svg Boca Juniors
62 Israel Boatwright Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg DF June 2, 2005 (age 19) Flag of the United States.svg Inter Miami CF II
Midfielders
5 Sergio Busquets Flag of Spain.svg MF July 16, 1988 (age 36) Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona
7 Matías Rojas Flag of Paraguay.svg MF November 3, 1995 (age 29) Flag of Brazil.svg Corinthians
11 Facundo Farías Flag of Argentina.svg MF August 28, 2002 (age 22) Flag of Argentina.svg Colón
16 Robert Taylor Flag of Finland.svg MF October 21, 1994 (age 30) Flag of Norway.svg Brann
20 Diego Gómez Flag of Paraguay.svg MF March 27, 2003 (age 21) Flag of Paraguay.svg Libertad
24 Julian Gressel Flag of the United States.svg MF December 16, 1993 (age 30) Flag of the United States.svg Columbus Crew
30 Benjamin Cremaschi Flag of the United States.svg MF March 2, 2005 (age 19) Flag of the United States.svg Inter Miami CF II
41 David Ruiz Flag of Honduras.svg MF February 8, 2004 (age 20) Flag of the United States.svg Inter Miami CF II
42 Yannick Bright Flag of Italy.svg MF September 3, 2001 (age 23) Flag of the United States.svg University of New Hampshire
43 Lawson Sunderland Flag of the United States.svg MF November 7, 2001 (age 23) Flag of the United States.svg Inter Miami CF II
55 Federico Redondo Flag of Argentina.svg MF January 18, 2003 (age 21) Flag of Argentina.svg Argentinos Juniors
81 Santiago Morales Flag of the United States.svg MF February 9, 2007 (age 17) Flag of the United States.svg Inter Miami CF II
Forwards
8 Leonardo Campana Flag of Ecuador.svg FW July 24, 2000 (age 24) Flag of England.svg Wolverhampton Wanderers
9 Luis Suárez Flag of Uruguay.svg FW January 24, 1987 (age 37) Flag of Brazil.svg Grêmio
10 Lionel Messi (captain) Flag of Argentina.svg FW June 24, 1987 (age 37) Flag of France.svg Paris Saint-Germain
73 Leo Afonso Flag of Brazil.svg FW July 13, 2001 (age 23) Flag of the United States.svg University of Virginia

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