2023 Inter Miami CF season

Inter Miami CF
2023 season
President	David Beckham
Head coach	Phil Neville; (until June 1); Javier Morales; (interim, from June 1 to July 10); Gerardo Martino; (from July 10)
Stadium	DRV PNK Stadium
Major League Soccer	Conference: 14th; Overall: 27th
MLS Cup Playoffs	Did not qualify
U.S. Open Cup	Runners-up
Leagues Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: ; Leonardo Campana (9); All: ; Josef Martínez (12)
Average home league attendance	17,698
Home colors	Away colors
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PresidentDavid Beckham

Head coachPhil Neville
(until June 1)
Javier Morales
(interim, from June 1 to July 10)
Gerardo Martino
(from July 10)

StadiumDRV PNK Stadium

Major League SoccerConference: 14th
Overall: 27th

The 2023 Inter Miami CF season was the fourth season in the history of Inter Miami CF and the 20th season of first-division club soccer in South Florida. In addition to playing in Major League Soccer, the club participated in the U.S. Open Cup and the new-look Leagues Cup for the first time.

The 2023 season was marked by the high profile summer arrival of then seven-time Ballon d'Or winner Lionel Messi, as well as his former FC Barcelona teammates Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquets. The three new additions helped guide Inter Miami to the Leagues Cup title, the club's first ever trophy, after defeating Nashville SC on penalties in the final. Miami also reached the U.S. Open Cup final for the first time, but lost 2–1 at home to Houston Dynamo FC.

Despite this resurgence in the late stage of the season that followed Inter Miami's new player arrivals and the appointment of head coach Gerardo Martino, it ultimately could not make up for a poor start to the campaign under previous manager Phil Neville, including two separate losing streaks of six and seven games, respectively, a 11-game winless streak spanning two months, and the club thus failed to qualify for the MLS Cup Playoffs, finishing second from bottom in the final Eastern Conference standings.

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Position	Staff
Ownership
Lead Managing Owner	Jorge Mas
President and Co-Owner	David Beckham
Co-Owner	Jose Mas
Front Office
Chief Business Officer	Xavier Asensi
Sporting Director	Chris Henderson
Vice President	Pablo Alvarez
Coaching Staff
Head Coach	Gerardo Martino
Assistant Coach	Javier Morales
Goalkeeper Coach	Sebastián Saja
Performance Director	Garrison Draper
Assistant Coach & Performance Analyst	Alec Scott
Performance Analyst	Connor Ceballos

No.	Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Drake Callender	GK	(1997-10-07)October 7, 1997 (aged 26)	San Jose Earthquakes
29	CJ dos Santos	GK	(2000-08-24)August 24, 2000 (aged 23)	Benfica
99	Cole Jensen	GK	(2001-01-22)January 22, 2001 (aged 22)	Xavier University
Defenders
2	DeAndre Yedlin	DF	(1993-07-09)July 9, 1993 (aged 30)	Galatasaray
4	Christopher McVey	DF	(1997-04-12)April 12, 1997 (aged 26)	IF Elfsborg
6	Tomás Avilés	DF	(2004-08-03)August 3, 2004 (aged 19)	Racing Club
15	Ryan Sailor	DF	(1998-11-27)November 27, 1998 (aged 24)	University of Washington
18	Jordi Alba	DF	(1989-03-21)March 21, 1989 (aged 34)	Barcelona
24	Ian Fray	DF	(2002-08-31)August 31, 2002 (aged 21)	Fort Lauderdale CF
27	Serhiy Kryvtsov	DF	(1991-03-15)March 15, 1991 (aged 32)	Shakhtar Donetsk
31	Kamal Miller	DF	(1997-05-16)May 16, 1997 (aged 26)	CF Montréal
32	Noah Allen	DF	(2004-04-28)April 28, 2004 (aged 19)	Inter Miami CF II
33	Franco Negri	DF	(1995-02-20)February 20, 1995 (aged 28)	Godoy Cruz
Midfielders
3	Dixon Arroyo	MF	(1992-06-01)June 1, 1992 (aged 31)	Emelec
5	Sergio Busquets	MF	(1988-07-16)July 16, 1988 (aged 35)	Barcelona
7	Jean Mota	MF	(1993-10-15)October 15, 1993 (aged 30)	Santos
8	Diego Gómez	MF	(2003-03-27)March 27, 2003 (aged 20)	Libertad
11	Facundo Farías	MF	(2002-08-28)August 28, 2002 (aged 21)	Colón
13	Víctor Ulloa	MF	(1992-03-04)March 4, 1992 (aged 31)	FC Cincinnati
16	Robert Taylor	MF	(1994-10-21)October 21, 1994 (aged 29)	Brann
26	Gregore	MF	(1994-03-02)March 2, 1994 (aged 29)	Bahia
28	Edison Azcona	MF	(2003-11-21)November 21, 2003 (aged 19)	Fort Lauderdale CF
30	Benjamin Cremaschi	MF	(2005-03-02)March 2, 2005 (aged 18)	Inter Miami CF II
35	Felipe Valencia	MF	(2005-03-01)March 1, 2005 (aged 18)	Fort Lauderdale CF
41	David Ruiz	MF	(2004-02-08)February 8, 2004 (aged 19)	Inter Miami CF II
43	Lawson Sunderland	MF	(2001-11-07)November 7, 2001 (aged 21)	Inter Miami CF II
81	Santiago Morales	MF	(2007-02-09)February 9, 2007 (aged 16)	Inter Miami CF II
Forwards
9	Leonardo Campana	FW	(2000-07-24)July 24, 2000 (aged 23)	Wolverhampton Wanderers
10	Lionel Messi (captain)	FW	(1987-06-24)June 24, 1987 (aged 36)	Paris Saint-Germain
14	Corentin Jean	FW	(1995-07-15)July 15, 1995 (aged 28)	Lens
17	Josef Martínez	FW	(1993-05-19)May 19, 1993 (aged 30)	Atlanta United FC
19	Robbie Robinson	FW	(1998-12-17)December 17, 1998 (aged 24)	Clemson University
22	Nicolás Stefanelli	FW	(1994-11-22)November 22, 1994 (aged 28)	AIK

Date	Position	No.	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
Winter 2022–23
November 12, 2022	FW	12	Jake LaCava	St. Louis City SC	$150,000 GAM	^[3]
November 28, 2022	MF	30	Benjamin Cremaschi	Inter Miami CF II	Homegrown Player	^[4]
January 1, 2023	MF	28	Edison Azcona	El Paso Locomotive	End of loan	^[5]
January 1, 2023	MF	20	Rodolfo Pizarro	Monterrey	End of loan	^[5]
January 5, 2023	FW	22	Nicolás Stefanelli	AIK	Undisclosed	^[6]
January 11, 2023	DF	33	Franco Negri	Godoy Cruz	Undisclosed	^[7]
January 18, 2023	FW	17	Josef Martínez	Atlanta United FC	Undisclosed	^[8]
January 20, 2023	FW	9	Leonardo Campana	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Undisclosed	^[9]
January 31, 2023	DF	27	Serhiy Kryvtsov	Shakhtar Donetsk	Undisclosed	^[10]
February 16, 2023	FW	49	Shanyder Borgelin	Inter Miami CF II	Homegrown Player	^[11]
February 23, 2023	GK	99	Cole Jensen	Xavier University	SuperDraft	^[12]
April 12, 2023	DF	31	Kamal Miller	CF Montréal	Trade	^[13]
April 13, 2023	MF	3	Dixon Arroyo	Emelec	Free	^[14]
April 28, 2023	MF	41	David Ruiz	Inter Miami CF II	Homegrown Player	^[15]
Summer 2023
July 15, 2023	FW	10	Lionel Messi	Paris Saint-Germain	Free	^[16]
July 16, 2023	MF	5	Sergio Busquets	Barcelona	Free	^[17]
July 19, 2023	MF	8	Diego Gómez	Libertad	Undisclosed	^[18]
July 20, 2023	DF	18	Jordi Alba	Barcelona	Free	^[19]
July 29, 2023	MF	11	Facundo Farías	Colón	Undisclosed	^[20]
August 1, 2023	DF	6	Tomás Avilés	Racing Club	Undisclosed	^[21]
September 8, 2023	MF	43	Lawson Sunderland	Inter Miami CF II	Homegrown Player	^[22]
September 12, 2023	MF	81	Santiago Morales	Inter Miami CF II	Homegrown Player	^[23]

Date	Position	No.	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
Winter 2022–23
November 7, 2022	MF	30	George Acosta	Cortuluá	Option declined	^[24]
	DF	20	Brek Shea	Retired	Option declined
	DF	33	Joevin Jones	Police	Free
	MF	8	Alejandro Pozuelo	Konyaspor	Free
	FW	10	Gonzalo Higuaín	Retired	Option declined
November 11, 2022	FW	17	Indiana Vassilev	St. Louis City SC	Expansion Draft	^[25]
January 25, 2023	DF	31	Damion Lowe	Philadelphia Union	$225,000 GAM	^[26]
January 27, 2023	MF	25	Emerson Rodríguez	Santos Laguna	Loan	^[27]
February 23, 2023	DF	3	Kieran Gibbs	Retired	Mutual agreement	^[28]
April 12, 2023	MF	8	Bryce Duke	CF Montréal	Trade	^[13]
April 12, 2023	FW	11	Ariel Lassiter	CF Montréal	Trade	^[13]
April 25, 2023	DF	6	Aimé Mabika	Toronto FC	$100,000 GAM	^[29]
Summer 2023
June 9, 2023	FW	12	Jake LaCava	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Loan	^[30]
July 14, 2023	MF	20	Rodolfo Pizarro	AEK Athens	Mutual Agreement	^[31]
August 4, 2023	GK	21	Nick Marsman	MLS Pool	Buyout	^[32]
August 16, 2023	FW	49	Shanyder Borgelin	New Mexico United	Loan	^[33]
August 24, 2023	DF	20	Harvey Neville	Loudoun United FC	Loan	^[34]

Round	No.	Player	Pos.	Team
1	18	Cole Jensen	GK	Xavier University
2	47	Bachir Ndiaye	MF	UNC Wilmington

2023 Inter Miami CF season

Roster

Transfers

Transfers in

Transfers out

MLS SuperDraft

Non-competitive

Preseason

Friendlies

Competitive

Overview

Major League Soccer

Standings

Eastern Conference

Overall table

Results summary

Results by round

Match results

U.S. Open Cup

Leagues Cup

Group stage (South 3)

Knockout round

Statistics

Overall

Appearances and goals

Top scorers

Top assists

Clean sheets

References

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January 21 1	Inter Miami	0–3	Vasco da Gama	Fort Lauderdale, FL
7:00 p.m. EST		Report	Nenê Teixeira Figueiredo	Stadium: DRV PNK Stadium

January 25 2	Inter Miami	4–1	FIU Panthers	Fort Lauderdale, FL
	LaCava Campana (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Florida Blue Training Center
Note: The match was played behind closed doors.

January 28 3	Inter Miami	0–4	St. Louis City SC	Fort Lauderdale, FL
		Report	Vassilev 38' Bartlett 64' Adeniran 89' Pompeu 105' (pen.)	Stadium: Florida Blue Training Center
Note: The match was played in three 40-minute periods.

February 2 4	Inter Miami	2–2	New England Revolution	Lakewood Ranch, FL
	Campana ,	Report	,	Stadium: Premier Sports Complex
Note: The match was played behind closed doors.

February 15 5	Inter Miami	1–2	CF Montréal	Fort Lauderdale, FL
	Ulloa 56'		Quioto 3' Saliba 31'	Stadium: Florida Blue Training Center
Note: The match was played behind closed doors.

February 18 6	Inter Miami	2–2	Austin FC	Fort Lauderdale, FL
	Jean 62' Pizarro 68'	Report	Rigoni 53' Wolff 86'	Stadium: DRV PNK Stadium

November 10 Noche d'Or	Inter Miami	1–2	New York City FC	Fort Lauderdale, FL
8:00p.m. EST	Robinson 81'	Report	Talles Magno 43' Fernández 48'	Stadium: DRV PNK Stadium Referee: Ismir Pekmic

Competition	Record
Competition	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Major League Soccer	34	9	18	7	41	54	−13	026.47
U.S. Open Cup	6	3	1	2	10	8	+2	050.00
Leagues Cup	7	5	0	2	22	8	+14	071.43
Total	47	17	19	11	73	70	+3	036.17

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
11	New York City FC	34	9	11	14	35	39	−4	41
12	D.C. United	34	10	14	10	45	49	−4	40
13	Chicago Fire FC	34	10	14	10	39	51	−12	40
14	Inter Miami CF	34	9	18	7	41	54	−13	34
15	Toronto FC	34	4	20	10	26	59	−33	22

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
25	Austin FC	34	10	15	9	49	55	−6	39
26	LA Galaxy	34	8	14	12	51	67	−16	36
27	Inter Miami CF	34	9	18	7	41	54	−13	34	CONCACAF Champions Cup
28	Colorado Rapids	34	5	17	12	26	54	−28	27
29	Toronto FC	34	4	20	10	26	59	−33	22

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	D	L	W	D	W	W	L	W	D	D	L	L	D	L

March 18 4	Toronto FC	2–0	Inter Miami	Toronto, ON
7:30 p.m. EDT	Osorio 48' Kaye 69'	Report		Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 20,701 Referee: Alex Chilowicz

March 25 5	Inter Miami	2–3	Chicago Fire FC	Fort Lauderdale, FL
7:30 p.m. EDT	Negri 45+3' Stefanelli 76'	Report	Mueller 30' Terán 38' Kamara 90+2'	Stadium: DRV PNK Stadium Attendance: 17,699 Referee: Tori Penso

April 1 6	FC Cincinnati	1–0	Inter Miami	Cincinnati, OH
7:30 p.m. EDT	Mosquera 45+5'	Report		Stadium: TQL Stadium Attendance: 25,082 Referee: Nima Saghafi

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	Pts	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
34	34	9	18	7	41	54	−13	6	6	5	25	21	+4	3	12	2	16	33	−17

February 25 1	Inter Miami	2–0	CF Montréal	Fort Lauderdale, FL
7:30 p.m. EST	Kryvtsov 41' Borgelin 76'	Report		Stadium: DRV PNK Stadium Attendance: 17,655 Referee: Drew Fischer

March 4 2	Inter Miami	2–0	Philadelphia Union	Fort Lauderdale, FL
7:30 p.m. EST	Jean 32' Taylor 77'	Report		Stadium: DRV PNK Stadium Attendance: 15,628 Referee: Chris Penso

March 11 3	New York City FC	1–0	Inter Miami	New York, NY
7:30 p.m. EST	McVey 36' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 24,489 Referee: Lukasz Szpala

April 8 7	Inter Miami	0–1	FC Dallas	Fort Lauderdale, FL
7:30 p.m. EDT		Report	Ferreira 27'	Stadium: DRV PNK Stadium Attendance: 17,287 Referee: Filip Dujic

April 22 8	Houston Dynamo FC	1–0	Inter Miami	Houston, TX
8:30 p.m. EDT	Steres 72'	Report		Stadium: Shell Energy Stadium Attendance: 16,045 Referee: Rosendo Mendoza

April 29 9	Columbus Crew	1–2	Inter Miami	Columbus, OH
7:30 p.m. EDT	Hernández 10'	Report	Campana 7', 41'	Stadium: Lower.com Field Attendance: 20,410 Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauziere

May 6 10	Inter Miami	2–1	Atlanta United FC	Fort Lauderdale, FL
7:30 p.m. EST	Martínez 59' (pen.), 75' Negri 84'	Report	Gutman 90+2'	Stadium: DRV PNK Stadium Attendance: 16,750 Referee: Armando Villarreal

May 13 11	Inter Miami	2–1	New England Revolution	Fort Lauderdale, FL
7:30 p.m. EDT	Ruiz 6' 37' 81' Martínez 44'	Report	Gil 26'	Stadium: DRV PNK Stadium Attendance: 17,349 Referee: Ismir Pekmic

May 17 12	Nashville SC	2–1	Inter Miami	Nashville, TN
8:30 p.m. EDT	Picault 33' MacNaughton 49'	Report	Arroyo 90+3'	Stadium: Geodis Park Attendance: 25,839 Referee: Alex Chilowicz

May 20 13	Inter Miami	1–3	Orlando City SC	Fort Lauderdale, FL
7:30 p.m. EDT	Campana 57'	Report	Kara 19' Ojeda 68' Santos 86'	Stadium: DRV PNK Stadium Attendance: 17,643 Referee: Ramy Touchan

May 27 14	CF Montréal	1–0	Inter Miami	Montréal, QC
7:30 p.m. EDT	Offor 53'	Report		Stadium: Saputo Stadium Attendance: 19,619 Referee: Nima Saghafi

May 31 15	Inter Miami	0–1	New York Red Bulls	Fort Lauderdale, FL
7:30 p.m. EDT		Report	Barlow 52' Harper 61' 90+4'	Stadium: DRV PNK Stadium Attendance: 15,136 Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauziere

June 3 16	Inter Miami	1–2	D.C. United	Fort Lauderdale, FL
7:30 p.m. EDT	Miller 7' Fray 90+2'	Report	Pines 76' Benteke 90'	Stadium: DRV PNK Stadium Attendance: 15,040 Referee: Marcos de Oliveira

June 10 17	New England Revolution	3–1	Inter Miami	Foxborough, MA
7:30 p.m. EDT	Gil 27' (pen.) Polster 34' Wood 51'	Report	Martínez 84'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 36,235 Referee: Sergii Boiko

June 24 18	Philadelphia Union	4–1	Inter Miami	Chester, PA
7:30 p.m. EDT	Glesnes 14' Carranza 39' Flach 45+4' Ruiz 68' (o.g.)	Report	Taylor 50'	Stadium: Subaru Park Attendance: 19,535 Referee: Malik Badawi

July 1 19	Inter Miami	1–1	Austin FC	Fort Lauderdale, FL
7:30 p.m. EDT	Martínez 47'	Report	Lima 51'	Stadium: DRV PNK Stadium Attendance: 17,053 Referee: Filip Dujic

July 4 20	Inter Miami	2–2	Columbus Crew	Fort Lauderdale, FL
7:30 p.m. EDT	Campana 57' Martínez 90'	Report	Nagbe 23' Ramírez 69'	Stadium: DRV PNK Stadium Attendance: 14,072 Referee: Alex Chilowicz

July 8 21	D.C. United	2–2	Inter Miami	Washington, D.C.
7:30 p.m. EDT	Fountas 65' Robertha 77'	Report	Cremaschi 59' Allen 68'	Stadium: Audi Field Attendance: 19,215 Referee: Rosendo Mendoza

July 15 22	St. Louis City SC	3–0	Inter Miami	St. Louis, MO
8:30 p.m. EDT	Adeniran 28' Parker 40' Löwen 80'	Report		Stadium: Citypark Attendance: 22,423 Referee: Lukasz Szpala