The season opener against LAFC did not go at all as MLS champion Inter Miami had hoped. Messi and Co. are putting the finishing touches on their preparations for the new season tonight in their final

Lionel Messi and defending MLS champions Inter Miami will get their 2026 regular season under way as they travel across the country to meet Western Conference powerhouse LAFC on Saturday evening.

This season, Miami Freedom Park will open with the Herons moving into the city of Miami proper instead of playing their matches in Fort Lauderdale, and with it, a new MLS dynasty may be forming. Unlike baseball, where the Los Angeles Dodgers can spend to their hearts' content, MLS is a salary cap league that limits what Miami can do ... sort of.

Lionel Messi's first MLS Cup playoff match with Inter Miami will be on Oct. 25. And it'll be aired live on a massive screen spanning an entire block of New York's Times Square. Major League Soccer announced Thursday that Inter Miami's opener will be the ...

Lionel Messi and Inter Miami will play a decisive Game 3 in the first-round of the MLS Cup playoffs against Nashville SC. Messi scored a goal in the 90 th minute, but Inter Miami fell 2-1 to Nashville in Game 2 at GEODIS Park on Saturday, Nov. 1.