{"id":65122,"date":"2025-11-30T06:59:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T06:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/65122\/"},"modified":"2025-11-30T06:59:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T06:59:10","slug":"inter-miami-mls-cup-ticket-a-dream-come-true","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/65122\/","title":{"rendered":"Inter Miami: MLS Cup ticket a “dream come true”"},"content":{"rendered":"

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. \u2013 For a brief period during Saturday\u2019s Eastern Conference Final, Inter Miami CF<\/a>\u2019s dream of hosting MLS Cup 2025 presented by Audi looked to be in jeopardy.<\/p>\n

That moment was quickly and thoroughly forgotten, however, as the Herons erupted for three second-half goals to cruise to a 5-1 rout<\/a> of New York City FC<\/a> at Chase Stadium.<\/p>\n

Miami will now welcome Western Conference champions Vancouver Whitecaps FC<\/a> to Chase Stadium on Dec. 6 for the Philip F. Anschutz Trophy (2:30 pm ET | MLS Season Pass, Apple TV<\/a>; FOX, FOX Deportes; TSN, RDS).<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re working with a clear idea: to make history with this club,\u201d midfielder Rodrigo De Paul<\/a> told Apple TV post-match. \u201cThis is an extremely happy moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n Championship profile<\/p>\n

As tricky an opponent as NYCFC were on Saturday, Miami would not be denied. Not with the chance to host MLS Cup on Dec. 6 so close.<\/p>\n

Led by a Tadeo Allende<\/a> hat trick, and additional goals from Mateo Silvetti<\/a> and Telasco Segovia<\/a>, the Herons delivered their third straight blowout victory of the Audi 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs to advance to next weekend’s title match.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a fitting season finale for a club built precisely for these occasions.<\/p>\n

After reaching this year\u2019s Concacaf Champions Cup<\/a> semifinals, the Leagues Cup<\/a> final and the FIFA Club World Cup<\/a> knockout stages, the Herons are determined to close 2025 by lifting MLS’s grandest prize.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday will go down in club history as the day we become conference champions. This isn\u2019t a minor detail,\u201d head coach Javier Mascherano told reporters.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut the most important thing, the main dish, is on Saturday.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n Trophy ambitions<\/p>\n

Those words exemplify the culture of a club that wears their ambition on its sleeve, from the transformative July 2023 signing of Lionel Messi<\/a> to the construction of Miami Freedom Park, their new state-of-the-art stadium set to open in April 2026.<\/p>\n

The Herons even went all out for Saturday\u2019s celebrations, with superstar world tennis No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz delivering the Eastern Conference champion trophy to managing owner Jorge Mas and Messi.<\/p>\n

\u201cTwo, three years ago, before Messi came here, you look around in the stadium, we had (fewer) people show up,\u201d homegrown defender Ian Fray<\/a> told Apple TV.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd then the start of this game, the stadium’s full, sold out, everyone’s chanting \u2013 it’s so beautiful to see. I’ve been here since the beginning, and to see something like this, to have us go to the final, is unreal. It’s a dream come true.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n One more to go<\/p>\n

MLS Cup will raise the stakes that much higher for a Miami side that’s already won silverware during the Messi era, capturing Leagues Cup 2023 and a record-setting 2024 Supporters\u2019 Shield.<\/p>\n

\u201cLike I said the day I arrived, I came to the club to try to win titles, to compete,\u201d said De Paul, who joined the Herons<\/a> in July from LaLiga giants Atl\u00e9tico Madrid. \u201cWe were close in [this year\u2019s] Leagues Cup\u2026 and now we have another final. So I\u2019m happy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fellow Argentine Silvetti, who took a starting XI role from legendary striker Luis Su\u00e1rez<\/a> in the playoffs, echoed that sentiment.<\/p>\n

“Personally, this is very important,” said the 19-year-old, who’s contributed 2g\/3a during the postseason. “Achieving this at such a young age, I really value this. Especially for the club, it’s something really beautiful.”<\/p>\n

However, as Mas reminded the Chase Stadium crowd during Saturday’s trophy celebration, it’s not quite mission accomplished yet for Miami.<\/p>\n

“This is only one down. We have one to go,” said Mas. “Uno m\u00e1s.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. \u2013 For a brief period during Saturday\u2019s Eastern Conference Final, Inter Miami CF\u2019s dream of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65123,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[5429,16163,123,125,124,38166,5426,4959],"class_list":["post-65122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-inter-miami-cf","tag-match-reaction","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-miavsnyc-11-29-2025","tag-mls-cup-playoffs","tag-sendtonews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65122","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=65122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65122\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}