David Beckham kept his promise. The biggest stars were going to Miami to play for the fledgling MLS club. When Lionel Messi signed in 2023, Sergio Busquets, Jordi Alba and Luis Suarez came in turn. The world’s press turned its attention to the MLS club, the money poured into ticket revenue, sponsorship income, shirt sales and all the things the Americans are experts at milking out of big names. On Thursday night, it was not the income of the world stars that came into focus.
Inter Miami is set up for the biggest titles in the United States, but has fallen short when things get tough. On Thursday night, Inter Miami disappeared from the Champions Cup, after a 1-3 loss and an aggregate 1-5 against the Vancouver Whitecaps in the semi-finals.
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After the game, former Premier League star Warren Barton gave his analysis to Fox Sports.
-Vancouver showed the weaknesses of Inter Miami. Because they can’t run, they can’t defend, and there’s no balance in the team. Because five stay in front, and the other five try to defend themselves. And they can’t defend themselves,” Barton said.
In other words, Messi, Suarez and the gang are good with the ball, but hamper the team without the ball.
Whitecaps coach Jasper Sorensen was a little more diplomatic when he told reporters, “I think it’s fair to say that we have a younger team and also a team that’s more capable of running and playing at high intensity. I think we really came out very strong at the start of the second half and took advantage of the fact that the pitch was very open. They had some players staying up front, so we had to defend with a few players, and I just said ‘keep running, run forward.’
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