2023 Inter Miami CF season explained

Club:	Inter Miami CF
Season:	2023
Chairman:	David Beckham
Manager:	Phil Neville (until June 1) Javier Morales Gerardo Martino (from July 10)
Stadium:	DRV PNK Stadium
League:	Major League Soccer
League Result:	Conference: 14th Overall: 27th
Cup1:	MLS Cup Playoffs
Cup1 Result:	Did not qualify
Cup2:	U.S. Open Cup
Cup2 Result:	Runners-up
Cup3:	Leagues Cup
Cup3 Result:	Winners
League Topscorer:	Leonardo Campana (9)
Season Topscorer:	Josef Martínez (12)
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
Chrtitle:	President
Average Attendance:	17,698^[1]
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Prevseason:	2022
Nextseason:	2024
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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.

Management

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Roster

^[2]

No.	Player	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1			GK	October 22, 2023	San Jose Earthquakes
29			GK	October 22, 2023	Benfica
99			GK	October 22, 2023	Xavier University
Defenders
2			DF	October 22, 2023	Galatasaray
4			DF	October 22, 2023	IF Elfsborg
6			DF	October 22, 2023	Racing Club
15			DF	October 22, 2023	University of Washington
18			DF	October 22, 2023	Barcelona
24			DF	October 22, 2023	Fort Lauderdale CF
27			DF	October 22, 2023	Shakhtar Donetsk
31			DF	October 22, 2023	CF Montréal
32			DF	October 22, 2023	Inter Miami CF II
33			DF	October 22, 2023	Godoy Cruz
Midfielders
3			MF	October 22, 2023	Emelec
5			MF	October 22, 2023	Barcelona
7			MF	October 22, 2023	Santos
8			MF	October 22, 2023	Libertad
11			MF	October 22, 2023	Colón
13			MF	October 22, 2023	FC Cincinnati
16			MF	October 22, 2023	Brann
26			MF	October 22, 2023	Bahia
28			MF	October 22, 2023	Fort Lauderdale CF
30			MF	October 22, 2023	Inter Miami CF II
35			MF	October 22, 2023	Fort Lauderdale CF
41			MF	October 22, 2023	Inter Miami CF II
43			MF	October 22, 2023	Inter Miami CF II
81			MF	October 22, 2023	Inter Miami CF II
Forwards
9			FW	October 22, 2023	Wolverhampton Wanderers
10	(captain)		FW	October 22, 2023	Paris Saint-Germain
14			FW	October 22, 2023	Lens
17			FW	October 22, 2023	Atlanta United FC
19			FW	October 22, 2023	Clemson University
22			FW	October 22, 2023	AIK

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	No.	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
Winter 2022–23
November 12, 2022		12			$150,000 GAM	^[3]
November 28, 2022		30				^[4]
January 1, 2023		28	Edison Azcona	El Paso Locomotive	End of loan	^[5]
		20	Rodolfo Pizarro	Monterrey	End of loan
January 5, 2023		22	Nicolás Stefanelli	AIK	Undisclosed	^[6]
January 11, 2023		33			Undisclosed	^[7]
January 18, 2023		17			Undisclosed	^[8]
January 20, 2023		9			Undisclosed	^[9]
January 31, 2023		27			Undisclosed	^[10]
February 16, 2023		49				^[11]
February 23, 2023		99				^[12]
April 12, 2023		31				^[13]
April 13, 2023	MF	3	Dixon Arroyo	Emelec		^[14]
April 28, 2023	MF	41	David Ruiz	Inter Miami CF II		^[15]
Summer 2023
July 15, 2023	FW	10	Lionel Messi	Paris Saint-Germain	Free	^[16]
July 16, 2023	MF	5	Sergio Busquets		Free	^[17]
July 19, 2023	MF	8	Diego Gómez		Undisclosed	^[18]
July 20, 2023		18	Jordi Alba		Free	^[19]
July 29, 2023	MF	11	Facundo Farías		Undisclosed	^[20]
August 1, 2023		6	Tomás Avilés		Undisclosed	^[21]
September 8, 2023	MF	43	Lawson Sunderland	Inter Miami CF II		^[22]
September 12, 2023	MF	81	Santiago Morales			^[23]

Transfers out

Date	Position	No.	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
Winter 2022–23
November 7, 2022		30		Cortuluá	Option declined	^[24]
		20		Retired	Option declined
		33		Police
		8		Konyaspor
		10		Retired	Option declined
November 11, 2022		17			Expansion Draft	^[25]
January 25, 2023		31			$225,000 GAM	^[26]
January 27, 2023		25			Loan	^[27]
February 23, 2023		3		Retired	Mutual agreement	^[28]
April 12, 2023		8
		11
April 25, 2023		6			$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		New Mexico United	Loan	^[33]
August 24, 2023		20		Loudoun United FC	Loan	^[34]

MLS SuperDraft

See main article: 2023 MLS SuperDraft.

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

Non-competitive

Friendlies

Competitive

Overview

Competition	Record
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Major League Soccer
U.S. Open Cup
Leagues Cup
Total

Major League Soccer

See main article: 2023 Major League Soccer season.

Standings

Overall table

Match results

U.S. Open Cup

See main article: 2023 U.S. Open Cup.

Leagues Cup

See main article: 2023 Leagues Cup.

Knockout round

Statistics

Overall

Games played	34
Games won	9
Games drawn	7
Games lost	18
Points	34
Goals scored	41
Goals conceded	54
Goal difference	-13
Clean sheets	5
Yellow cards	83
Red cards	3
Worst discipline	(1, 6)
Best result(s)	4–0 (Toronto FC)
Worst result(s)	0–3 (St. Louis City SC)
Most appearances	Drake Callender (33)
Top scorer	Leonardo Campana (9)

Notes and References

1. News: Kennedy . Paul . October 22, 2023 . MLS breaks attendance record . . subscription . October 25, 2023.
2. Web site: Inter Miami CF roster. MLSSoccer.com. October 22, 2023.
3. Web site: Inter Miami CF Acquires Forward Jake LaCava From St. Louis CITY SC. Inter Miami CF.
4. Web site: Inter Miami CF sign homegrown midfielder Benjamin Cremaschi. Inter Miami CF.
5. Web site: Inter Miami CF Announces 2022 Roster Decisions. Inter Miami CF.
6. Web site: Inter Miami CF Signs Versatile Attacker Nicolás Stefanelli. Inter Miami CF.
7. Web site: Inter Miami CF Signs Defender Franco Negri. Inter Miami CF.
8. Web site: Inter Miami CF Signs Renowned Venezuelan Striker Josef Martinez. Inter Miami CF.
9. Web site: Inter Miami CF Completes Permanent Transfer of Forward Leonardo Campana. Inter Miami CF.
10. Web site: Inter Miami CF Signs Ukrainian International Defender Sergii Kryvtsov. Inter Miami CF.
11. Web site: Inter Miami CF Signs Shanyder Borgelin as Homegrown Player. Inter Miami CF.
12. Web site: Inter Miami CF Signs Goalkeeper Cole Jensen. Inter Miami CF.
13. Web site: Inter Miami CF Acquires All-Star Canadian International Kamal Miller and $1,300,000 in 2023 General Allocation Money in Exchange for Bryce Duke and Ariel Lassiter. Inter Miami CF.
14. Web site: Inter Miami CF Signs Ecuadorian Defensive Midfielder Dixon Arroyo. Inter Miami CF.
15. Web site: Inter Miami CF Signs Academy Product David Ruiz as Homegrown to First Team Contract. Inter Miami CF.
16. Web site: Inter Miami CF Signs Seven-Time Ballon d’Or Winner, World Cup Champion, Lionel Messi. Inter Miami CF.
17. Web site: Inter Miami CF Signs Legendary Midfielder Sergio Busquets. Inter Miami CF.
18. Web site: Inter Miami CF Signs Paraguayan International Diego Gómez. Inter Miami CF.
19. Web site: Inter Miami CF Signs Spanish International Defender Jordi Alba. Inter Miami CF.
20. Web site: Inter Miami CF Signs Argentine Attacking Midfielder Facundo Farías. Inter Miami CF.
21. Web site: Inter Miami CF Signs Argentine Defender Tomás Avilés. Inter Miami CF.
22. Web site: Inter Miami CF Signs Midfielder Lawson Sunderland From Club’s MLS NEXT Pro Affiliate . Inter Miami CF.
23. Web site: Inter Miami sign homegrown midfielder Santiago Morales. Inter Miami CF.
24. Web site: Inter Miami CF Announces 2022 Roster Decisions . Inter Miami CF.
25. Web site: St. Louis City choose Indiana Vassilev among expansion picks.
26. Web site: Inter Miami CF Acquires $225,000 in General Allocation Money, 2024 MLS SuperDraft Pick and Priority Homegrown Rights From Philadelphia Union.
27. Web site: Inter Miami CF Loans Emerson Rodríguez to Club Santos Laguna.
28. Web site: Inter Miami CF Names Kieran Gibbs On-Air Talent.
29. Web site: Inter Miami CF Acquires $100,000 in 2024 GAM From Toronto FC in Exchange for Aimé Mabika.
30. Web site: Inter Miami CF Loans Jake LaCava to the Tampa Bay Rowdies.
31. Web site: Inter Miami CF and Rodolfo Pizarro Agree to Mutually Terminate Contract.
32. Web site: Inter Miami CF Exercises Salary Budget Charge Buyout on Nick Marsman.
33. Web site: Inter Miami CF Loans Shanyder Borgelin to New Mexico United.
34. Web site: Inter Miami CF Loans Harvey Neville to Loudoun United FC .