Inter Miami CF qualify to the event following excellent MLS common season;
The Herons will open the FIFA Membership World Cup™ at Onerous Rock Stadium, Miami, on Sunday, 15 June 2025
FIFA introduced right now that Inter Miami CF has turn out to be the penultimate crew to seal a spot on the new FIFA Membership World Cup™ after successful the 2024 MLS Supporters’ Defend, confirming the Membership as the perfect crew all through the 2024 Main League Soccer (MLS) common season. Inter Miami qualifies because the host nation consultant crew on the idea of the Membership’s excellent and constant 34-match marketing campaign that noticed them safe the protect with two MLS matches to play. Inter Miami can even open the event because the host crew and play within the inaugural sport of the FIFA Membership World Cup 2025™ of their hometown of Miami.
Inter Miami, captained by FIFA World Cup™ winner Lionel Messi, broke the all-time MLS file for probably the most factors in a single season this 12 months, finishing their 2024 marketing campaign with 74 factors having recorded 22 wins, eight attracts, whereas incurring solely 4 defeats, from February to October.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino introduced the information throughout a fan and crew celebration following Inter Miami’s closing MLS common season match in opposition to New England Revolution at Chase Stadium on Saturday.
“Everyone knows how Miami is in love with soccer and the way Inter Miami is supported from throughout Florida and past on your thrilling model of soccer,” stated the FIFA President. “Congratulations in your fantastic 2024 Supporters’ Defend success. You will have proven that in america, you’re constantly the perfect membership on the sector of play.
“Subsequently, I’m proud to announce that as probably the greatest golf equipment on the planet, you’re deserved contributors within the new FIFA Membership World Cup 2025 because the host membership representing america.”
“We promised our followers we might construct a crew able to competing on the highest degree. We’re proud to have reached one other milestone for our Membership by being among the many world’s greatest groups within the FIFA Membership World Cup 2025,” stated Inter Miami CF Managing Proprietor Jorge Mas. “It’s a monumental event for our followers worldwide and our neighborhood, as we proceed to raise fútbol in North America.”
In entrance of La Familia and most of the Membership’s passionate supporters, the FIFA President additionally confirmed that subsequent 12 months’s international membership showpiece will kick off within the Magic Metropolis.
“We’re wanting ahead to you internet hosting the opening match in Miami on Sunday, 15 June 2025,” added Infantino. “It’s positive to be an awesome celebration for international membership soccer because the event options the perfect 32 golf equipment on the planet, and offers a brand new alternative for golf equipment, gamers, coaches, and followers alike to take their tales to the world.”
With Inter Miami’s involvement confirmed, 31 of the 32 FIFA Membership World Cup 2025 taking part golf equipment have been locked in. The remaining slot shall be decided by the result of the 2024 CONMEBOL Libertadores closing to be performed on 30 November 2024 in Buenos Aires, guaranteeing that the complete line-up of golf equipment shall be recognized earlier than the attract December 2024. 4 iconic South American golf equipment nonetheless have hope to hitch the get together within the U.S. subsequent 12 months.
With 32 taking part golf equipment from around the globe, the FIFA Membership World Cup 2025 is probably the most inclusive and merit-based international membership competitors, creating a possibility for the perfect golf equipment from Africa, Asia, Central and North America, and Oceania to play the powerhouses of Europe and South America.