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<\/p>\nWith two weeks until the start of the 2026 MLS season, MLS champions Inter Miami will play Barcelona SC in Ecuador. This friendly match offers another challenge for Inter Miami, as Barcelona SC is one of the biggest clubs in South America.<\/p>\n
Inter Miami has played two friendly matches in South America, one against Alianza Lima in Peru and one against Atl\u00e9tico Nacional in Colombia.<\/p>\n
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The Herons lost 3-0 to Alianza Lima in Peru and then defeated Atl\u00e9tico Nacional 2-1 away from home with goals from Luis Suarez and a late own goal from Elkin Rivero.<\/p>\n
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Luis Suarez of Inter Miami celebrates with teammates after scoring the first goal of his team during a friendly match between Atl\u00e9tico Nacional and Inter Miami at Estadio Atanasio Girardot on January 31, 2026 in Medellin, Colombia. (Photo by Gabriel Aponte\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
The Inter Miami team traveled to Ecuador the night before and is expected to have a strong team like the past two friendly matches in South America.<\/p>\n
Inter Miami will have a few absentees, including Tadeo Allende and Sergio Reguil\u00f3n. German Berterame did not train in the last team training session ahead of the friendly match against Barcelona SC, but will travel to Ecuador, according to head coach Javier Mascherano<\/p>\n
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Official Lineups for Barcelona SC and Inter Miami<\/p>\n
Barcelona SC<\/p>\n
Goalkeeper: Jose Contreras<\/p>\n
Defenders: Jonathan Perlaza, Luca Sosa, Javier B\u00e1ez, Bryan Carabali<\/p>\n
Midfielders: Matias Lugo, Milton Celiz, Joao Rojas, Johan Garcia<\/p>\n
Forwards: Jandry Gomez, Sergio N\u00fa\u00f1ez<\/p>\n
Inter Miami<\/p>\n
Goalkeeper: Dayne St. Clair<\/p>\n
Defenders: Maximiliano Falcon, Noah Allen, Ian Fray, Micael Silva<\/p>\n
Midfielders: Telasco Segovia, Rodrigo De Paul, Yannick Bright<\/p>\n
Head to Head: Barcelona SC vs Inter Miami<\/p>\n
Barcelona SC and Inter Miami have never played a friendly match against each other. Inter Miami had a pre-season tour last year, which included matches against other top teams.<\/p>\n
Last year, Inter Miami never traveled to play against Ecuadorian teams, but played against the Peruvian club Universitario de Deportes, the Panamanian club Sporting San Miguelito, and the Hondurian club CD Olimpia.<\/p>\n
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Prediction: Barcelona SC 1-1 Inter Miami<\/p>\n
This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Feb 7, 2026, where it first appeared in the Soccer<\/a> section. Add Athlon Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With two weeks until the start of the 2026 MLS season, MLS champions Inter Miami will play Barcelona…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":147890,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[56043,71174,4528,26641,70889,71519,10190,10073,15259,71520,1660,71521,1658,26607,123,125,124,27824,27823,71522,26606,10193,18569],"class_list":{"0":"post-147889","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-miami","8":"tag-atletico-nacional","9":"tag-barcelona-sc","10":"tag-colombia","11":"tag-dayne-st-clair","12":"tag-ecuador","13":"tag-friendly-match","14":"tag-ian-fray","15":"tag-inter-miami","16":"tag-javier-mascherano","17":"tag-jonathan-perlaza","18":"tag-lionel-messi","19":"tag-luca-sosa","20":"tag-luis-suarez","21":"tag-mateo-silvetti","22":"tag-miami","23":"tag-miami-headlines","24":"tag-miami-news","25":"tag-noah-allen","26":"tag-rodrigo-de-paul","27":"tag-silva","28":"tag-tadeo-allende","29":"tag-telasco-segovia","30":"tag-yannick-bright"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147889\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}