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 FIFA World Cup 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
!colspan="2" style="background:#F7B5CD; color:#000000; text-align:left" |Ownership
!colspan="2" style="background:#F7B5CD; color:#000000; text-align:left" |Front Office
!colspan="2" style="background:#F7B5CD; color:#000000; text-align:left" |Coaching Staff
Roster
No. Player Nationality Position Date of birth (age) Signed from Goalkeepers 1 GK San Jose Earthquakes 29 GK Benfica 99 GK Xavier University Defenders 2 DF Galatasaray 4 DF IF Elfsborg 6 DF Racing Club 15 DF University of Washington 18 DF Barcelona 24 DF Fort Lauderdale CF 27 DF Shakhtar Donetsk 31 DF CF Montréal 32 DF Inter Miami CF II 33 DF Godoy Cruz Midfielders 3 MF Emelec 5 MF Barcelona 7 MF Santos 8 MF Libertad 11 MF Colón 13 MF FC Cincinnati 16 MF Brann 26 MF Bahia 28 MF Fort Lauderdale CF 30 MF Inter Miami CF II 35 MF Fort Lauderdale CF 41 MF Inter Miami CF II 43 MF Inter Miami CF II 81 MF Inter Miami CF II Forwards 9 FW Wolverhampton Wanderers 10 (captain) FW Paris Saint-Germain 14 FW Lens 17 FW Atlanta United FC 19 FW Clemson University 22 FW AIK
Transfers Transfers in Date Position No. Player From Fee Ref. Winter 2022–23November 12, 2022 FW 12 Jake LaCava St. Louis City SC $150,000 GAM November 28, 2022MF 30 Benjamin Cremaschi Inter Miami CF II Homegrown Player January 1, 2023MF 28 Edison Azcona El Paso LocomotiveEnd of loanMF 20 Rodolfo Pizarro MonterreyEnd of loanJanuary 5, 2023FW 22 Nicolás Stefanelli AIKUndisclosedJanuary 11, 2023DF 33 Franco Negri Godoy Cruz UndisclosedJanuary 18, 2023FW 17 Josef Martínez Atlanta United FC UndisclosedJanuary 20, 2023FW 9 Leonardo Campana Wolverhampton Wanderers UndisclosedJanuary 31, 2023DF 27 Serhiy Kryvtsov Shakhtar Donetsk UndisclosedFebruary 16, 2023FW 49 Shanyder Borgelin Inter Miami CF II Homegrown Player February 23, 2023GK 99 Cole Jensen Xavier University SuperDraft April 12, 2023DF 31 Kamal Miller CF Montréal Trade April 13, 2023MF3 Dixon Arroyo EmelecFree April 28, 2023MF41 David Ruiz Inter Miami CF IIHomegrown Player Summer 2023July 15, 2023FW10 Lionel Messi Paris Saint-GermainFreeJuly 16, 2023MF5 Sergio Busquets Barcelona FreeJuly 19, 2023MF8 Diego Gómez Libertad UndisclosedJuly 20, 2023DF 18 Jordi Alba Barcelona FreeJuly 29, 2023MF11 Facundo Farías Colón UndisclosedAugust 1, 2023DF 6 Tomás Avilés Racing Club UndisclosedSeptember 8, 2023MF43 Lawson Sunderland Inter Miami CF IIHomegrown Player September 12, 2023MF81 Santiago Morales Inter Miami CF II Homegrown Player
Transfers out Date Position No. Player To Fee Ref. Winter 2022–23November 7, 2022MF 30 George Acosta CortuluáOption declinedDF 20 Brek Shea RetiredOption declinedDF 33 Joevin Jones PoliceFree MF 8 Alejandro Pozuelo KonyasporFree FW 10 Gonzalo Higuaín RetiredOption declinedNovember 11, 2022FW 17 Indiana Vassilev St. Louis City SC Expansion DraftJanuary 25, 2023DF 31 Damion Lowe Philadelphia Union $225,000 GAMJanuary 27, 2023MF 25 Emerson Rodríguez Santos Laguna LoanFebruary 23, 2023DF 3 Kieran Gibbs RetiredMutual agreementApril 12, 2023MF 8 Bryce Duke CF Montréal Trade FW 11 Ariel Lassiter CF Montréal April 25, 2023DF 6 Aimé Mabika Toronto FC $100,000 GAM Summer 2023June 9, 2023FW12 Jake LaCava Tampa Bay RowdiesLoanJuly 14, 2023MF20 Rodolfo Pizarro AEK AthensMutual AgreementAugust 4, 2023GK21 Nick Marsman MLS PoolBuyoutAugust 16, 2023FW49 Shanyder Borgelin New Mexico UnitedLoanAugust 24, 2023DF 20 Harvey Neville Loudoun United FCLoan
MLS SuperDraft
Round No. Player Pos. Team118 Cole JensenGKXavier University 247 Bachir NdiayeMFUNC Wilmington
Non-competitive Preseason
Friendlies
Competitive Overview CompetitionRecordMajor League SoccerU.S. Open CupLeagues CupTotal
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 {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:96%;" |- |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)
Appearances and goals
No.PlayerMLSOpen CupLeagues CupTotalGoalkeepers1GK333305507704545029GK11000000011021GK000110000110Defenders2DF28250640770413604DF16120420300231406DF111111100001212115DF820221000104118DF7511105411310224DF11712201101410127DF262514407703736131DF222106607703534032DF191412105202617133DF161614310002019262DF20000000020020DF11202200001340Midfielders3MF24211420770353015MF11100220760201807MF1390220000151108MF551220510128111MF11932100001310313MF1020210400163016MF271546407744026826MF55000000055028MF50010000060030MF282126307614130341MF201424206113017343MF2100000002108MF740––––––74020MF13110200–––15110Forwards9FW2617943271037211110FW641110761014111114FW151212200001714117FW2720763276340291219FW931000310124122FW251725320003020411FW700––––––70012FW000200–––20049FW10013110001312Total3441697204770
Top scorers RankPos.No.PlayerMLSOpen CupLeagues CupTotal1FW17 Josef Martínez 7 2 3 122FW9 Leonardo Campana 9 2 0 11FW10 Lionel Messi 1 0 10 114MF16 Robert Taylor 4 0 4 85FW22 Nicolás Stefanelli 2 2 0 46MF30 Benjamin Cremaschi 2 0 1 3MF11 Facundo Farías 3 0 0 3MF41 David Ruiz 2 0 1 39DF18 Jordi Alba 1 0 1 2FW49 Shanyder Borgelin 1 1 0 2DF33 Franco Negri 1 1 0 212MF32 Noah Allen 1 0 0 1MF3 Dixon Arroyo 1 0 0 1DF6 Tomás Avilés 1 0 0 1DF24 Ian Fray 1 0 0 1MF8 Diego Gómez 1 0 0 1FW14 Corentin Jean 1 0 0 1DF27 Serhiy Kryvtsov 1 0 0 1FW19 Robbie Robinson 1 0 0 1DF15 Ryan Sailor 0 1 0 1Own goals 0 1 2 3Total 41 10 22 73
Top assists RankPos.No.PlayerMLSOpen CupLeagues CupTotal1FW16 Robert Taylor5 1 3 92MF30 Benjamin Cremaschi4 1 1 63FW10 Lionel Messi2 2 1 54FW9 Leonardo Campana3 0 1 4MF7 Jean Mota3 1 0 4DF2 DeAndre Yedlin2 0 2 47FW17 Josef Martínez1 0 2 38DF18 Jordi Alba0 0 2 2MF32 Noah Allen2 0 0 2MF11 Facundo Farías1 1 0 2FW14 Corentin Jean0 2 0 2DF33 Franco Negri1 1 0 213DF6 Tomás Avilés1 0 0 1MF5 Sergio Busquets1 0 0 1MF26 Gregore1 0 0 1DF27 Serhiy Kryvtsov0 0 1 1MF20 Rodolfo Pizarro1 0 0 1FW19 Robbie Robinson0 0 1 1MF41 David Ruiz1 0 0 1Total29 9 14 52
Clean sheets No.NameMLSOpen CupLeagues CupTotal1 Drake Callender 5 1 2 821 Nick Marsman 0 1 0 1
References