Lionel Messi and Inter Miami fell short of their goals in 2024, so the 2025 season will be all about redemption.

Raucous fans gave the Argentine a standing ovation as Miami faced Club Universitario de Deportes in a preseason friendly

Inter Miami underwent another front-office change last week as Guillermo Hoyos, a longtime Lionel Messi associate from his youth days in Barcelona, had his role expanded from director of player development and methodology of the second team to being directly involved in scouting and roster construction of the first team.