Inter Miami’s 2025 preseason starts tonight against Mexican champions Club America in Las Vegas | OneFootball

Inter Miami CF begins its 2025 schedule tonight against Mexican champions Club America. The Herons scored 79 goals and earned a league record 74 points on its way to winning the MLS Supporters’ Shield in 2024; any team should be happy with such success, right?

Wrong. Inter Miami failed to reach the finals of any competition, bowing out early in the CONCACAF Champions Cup and Leagues Cup before an embarrassing loss to ninth-seeded Atlanta United in the first round of the MLS Cup playoffs. That simply isn’t good enough for a team with insanely ambitious owners, the sport’s all-time greatest player, and three of his former teammates who are generational talents at their positions.

Lionel Messi (the undisputed GOAT, for anyone who’s been in a coma the past few years), Jordi Alba, Sergio Busquets and Luis Suarez started for a Barcelona team that is considered the best club team of all time. A decade past their prime, the foursome return as the core of Inter Miami’s project.

But much has changed since the Herons’ unexpectedly early end to the 2024 season. Gone are coach Gerardo “Tata” Martino, star players Diego Gomez (sold to Brighton and Hove Albion in the English Premier League) and Leo Campana (traded to New England for general allocation money), and several key role players. Untested Javier Mascherano, who has no coaching experience at the club level but was a defensive stalwart for several high-profile European clubs — including Messi & Co.’s Barcelona — will guide the Herons into 2025.

Inter Miami has signed several young South American stars to bolster its roster but, as of this writing, has failed to sign the kind of marquee name some supporters crave.

The South Florida side again faces a congested schedule; besides the MLS season and playoffs, the club is committed to playing in the FIFA Club World’s Cup and CONCACAF Champions Cup, and could be tapped for the Leagues Cup and Open Cup.

Preseason Schedule

Club América, 10 p.m. Jan. 18, Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas

Club Universitario de Deportes, 8 p.m. Jan. 29, Estadio Monumental, Lima, Peru

Sporting San Miguelito, 5 p.m. Feb. 2, Estadio Rommel Fernandez Gutierrez, Panama City, Panama

Club Deportivo Olimpia, 8 p.m. Feb. 8, Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras