2021 Inter Miami CF season

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Inter Miami CF
2021 season
President David Beckham
Head coach Phil Neville
Stadium DRV PNK Stadium
Major League Soccer Conference: 11th
Overall: 20th
U.S. Open Cup Canceled
Highest home attendance 17,926 (6/25 v. ORL)
Lowest home attendance 7,939 (4/18 v. LAG)
Average home league attendance 14,713
Biggest win MIA 5–1 CIN (10/23)
Biggest defeat MIA 0–5 NE (7/21)
Home colors
Away colors
← 2020 2022 →

The 2021 Inter Miami CF season was the second season in the history of Inter Miami and the 18th season of first-division club soccer in South Florida. In addition to playing in Major League Soccer, the club was scheduled to participate in the U.S. Open Cup but the competition was cancelled for the second consecutive year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Background

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Main article: 2020 Inter Miami CF season

Inter Miami is coming off their inaugural campaign, which marked the first time since 2001, with the Miami Fusion, that a soccer club in Greater Miami played in the first tier of American soccer.[1] Ahead of and during the season, Miami signed several high-profile players including Argentine international, Gonzalo Higuaín, from Juventus;[2] Mexican international, Rodolfo Pizarro, from Monterrey;[3] and French international, Blaise Matuidi, from Juventus.[4] The club also signed several notable young players including Matías Pellegrini, Lewis Morgan, and David Norman. Additionally, in the 2020 MLS SuperDraft, Miami drafted Clemson standout, Robbie Robinson with the first overall pick.[5]

The club's first season was significantly altered due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which saw the season suspended on March 12[6] and not resume until July 8 with the MLS is Back Tournament.[7] Miami lost their first two league matches before the season was suspended and subsequently lost their three group stage matches (which counted towards the regular season standings) at the MLS is Back Tournament. On August 22 against Floridian rivals, Orlando City SC, Miami won their first league match. Inter had better form following the MLS is Back Tournament, ultimately going 7–8–3, and finished the 2020 regular season with a 7–13–3 record, after 23 league matches, a reduction of the original 34 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Due to the pandemic, the size of the 2020 MLS Cup Playoffs was increased from eight teams in the Eastern Conference qualifying to 10 teams qualifying. Miami earned the 10th and final seed in the playoffs, where they played at fellow expansion side, Nashville SC in the Play-In Round on November 20.[8] Miami lost the match 0–3, with several of their starters missing the match due to an outbreak of coronavirus on the team.[9]

At the conclusion of the 2020 season, the club declined options on eight players. Notable players who did not have their contract renewed for the 2021 season included starting goalkeeper, Luis Robles, as well as Juan Agudelo, and Andres Reyes.[10]

Review

Offseason

On January 7, 2021, Inter Miami and first year head coach, Diego Alonso mutually agreed to part ways.[11] Several names were rumored as Alonso's successor including Phil Neville.[12][13] On January 18, 2021, Neville was confirmed as head coach.[14]

Management

Position Staff
Ownership
Lead Managing Owner United States Jorge Mas
President England David Beckham
Chairman Bolivia Marcelo Claure
Co-Owner United States Jose Mas
Co-Owner Japan Masayoshi Son
Front Office
Chief Business Officer Spain Xavier Asensi
Sporting Director United States Chris Henderson
Vice President United States Pablo Alvarez
Coaching Staff
Head Coach England Phil Neville
Assistant Coach United States Jason Kreis
Assistant Coach Wales Anthony Pulis
Director of Goalkeeping England Mark Mason
Assistant Goalkeeper Coach Argentina Sebastián Saja
Head of First Team Performance Venezuela Miguel Motolongo
Sports Scientist United States Nicholas Lewis
Performance Analyst England Alec Scott
Assistant Analyst United States Brett Uttley

Last updated: November 22, 2020
Source: Inter Miami CF

Roster

Squad No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (Age) Signed From
Goalkeepers
1 John McCarthy United States GK (1992-07-04)July 04, 1992 (aged 28) United States Tampa Bay Rowdies
18 Dylan Castanheira United States GK (1995-05-23)May 23, 1995 (aged 25) United States Fort Lauderdale CF
27 Drake Callender United States GK (1997-10-07)October 07, 1997 (aged 23) United States San Jose Earthquakes
32 Nick Marsman Netherlands GK (1990-10-01)October 01, 1990 (aged 30) Netherlands Feyenoord
Defenders
2 Ventura Alvarado United States DF (1992-08-16)August 16, 1992 (aged 28) Mexico Atlético San Luis
3 Kieran Gibbs England DF (1989-09-26)September 26, 1989 (aged 31) England West Bromwich Albion
4 Christian Makoun Venezuela DF (2000-03-05)March 05, 2000 (aged 21) Italy Juventus
5 Nicolás Figal Argentina DF (1994-04-03)April 03, 1994 (aged 27) Argentina Independiente
15 Patrick Seagrist United States DF (1998-02-21)February 21, 1998 (aged 23) United States New York Red Bulls
17 Ryan Shawcross England DF (1987-10-04)October 04, 1987 (aged 33) England Stoke City
24 Ian Fray United States DF (2002-08-31)August 31, 2002 (aged 18) United States Fort Lauderdale CF
26 Leandro González Pírez Argentina DF (1992-02-26)February 26, 1992 (aged 29) Mexico Tijuana
28 Brek Shea United States DF (1990-02-28)February 28, 1990 (aged 31) United States Atlanta United FC
31 Kelvin Leerdam Suriname DF (1990-06-24)June 24, 1990 (aged 30) United States Seattle Sounders FC
33 Joevin Jones Trinidad and Tobago DF (1991-08-03)August 03, 1991 (aged 29) United States Seattle Sounders FC
35 Sami Guediri United States DF (1997-08-16)August 16, 1997 (aged 23) United States Fort Lauderdale CF
Midfielders
7 Lewis Morgan Scotland MF (1996-09-30)September 30, 1996 (aged 24) Scotland Celtic
8 Blaise Matuidi France MF (1987-04-09)April 09, 1987 (aged 34) Italy Juventus
10 Rodolfo Pizarro Mexico MF (1994-02-15)February 15, 1994 (aged 27) Mexico Monterrey
11 Matías Pellegrini Argentina MF (2000-03-11)March 11, 2000 (aged 21) Argentina Estudiantes
13 Víctor Ulloa Mexico MF (1992-03-04)March 04, 1992 (aged 29) United States FC Cincinnati
14 Jay Chapman Canada MF (1994-01-01)January 01, 1994 (aged 27) Canada Toronto FC
22 Federico Higuaín Argentina MF (1984-10-25)October 25, 1984 (aged 36) United States D.C. United
25 Felipe Valencia United States MF (2005-03-01)March 01, 2005 (aged 16) United States Fort Lauderdale CF
26 Gregore Brazil MF (1994-03-02)March 02, 1994 (aged 27) Brazil Bahia
28 Edison Azcona Dominican Republic MF (2003-11-21)November 21, 2003 (aged 17) United States Fort Lauderdale CF
30 George Acosta United States MF (2000-01-19)January 19, 2000 (aged 21) United States Austin Bold
Forwards
9 Gonzalo Higuaín Argentina FW (1987-12-10)December 10, 1987 (aged 33) Italy Juventus
16 Josh Penn United States FW (2000-11-25)November 25, 2000 (aged 20) United States Indy Eleven
19 Robbie Robinson United States FW (1998-12-17)December 17, 1998 (aged 22) United States Clemson University
21 Julián Carranza Argentina FW (2000-05-22)May 22, 2000 (aged 20) Argentina Banfield
29 Indiana Vassilev United States FW (2001-02-16)February 16, 2001 (aged 20) England Aston Villa

Transfers

Transfers in

Date Position No. Name From Fee Ref.
Winter 2020–21
December 18, 2020 MF 25 United States Felipe Valencia United States Fort Lauderdale CF Homegrown player [15]
December 23, 2020 DF 15 United States Patrick Seagrist United States New York Red Bulls Trade [16]
January 26, 2021 DF 24 United States Ian Fray United States Fort Lauderdale CF Homegrown player [17]
MF 28 Dominican Republic Edison Azcona United States Fort Lauderdale CF Homegrown player [17]
January 27, 2021 GK 18 United States Dylan Castanheira United States Fort Lauderdale CF Free [18]
February 12, 2021 MF 16 United States Josh Penn United States Indy Eleven SuperDraft [19]
February 20, 2021 DF 17 England Ryan Shawcross England Stoke City Free [20]
February 24, 2021 MF 26 Brazil Gregore Brazil Bahia $4,000,000 [21]
March 11, 2021 DF 33 Trinidad and Tobago Joevin Jones United States Seattle Sounders FC Free [22]
March 23, 2021 DF 31 Suriname Kelvin Leerdam United States Seattle Sounders FC $75,000 GAM [23]
April 16, 2021 DF 35 United States Sami Guediri United States Fort Lauderdale CF Free [24]
Summer 2021
July 1, 2021 DF 3 England Kieran Gibbs England West Bromwich Albion Free [25]
GK 32 Netherlands Nick Marsman Netherlands Feyenoord Free [26]
July 7, 2021 FW 29 United States Indiana Vassilev England Aston Villa Loan [27]
July 29, 2021 DF 2 United States Ventura Alvarado Mexico Atlético San Luis Free [28]

Transfers out

Date Position No. Name To Fee Ref.
Winter 2020–21
December 3, 2020 DF 33 United States Mikey Ambrose United States Atlanta United FC Option Declined [29]
FW 12 United States Juan Agudelo United States Minnesota United FC Option Declined
FW 17 Germany Jerome Kiesewetter United States FC Tulsa Option Declined
MF 15 Canada David Norman Jr. Canada Cavalry FC Option Declined
DF 2 Jamaica Alvas Powell Sudan Al-Hilal Option Declined
GK 31 United States Luis Robles Retired Option Declined
DF 36 Haiti Denso Ulysse United States Richmond Kickers Option Declined
MF 6 United States Wil Trapp United States Minnesota United FC Free
DF 20 Guam A. J. DeLaGarza United States New England Revolution Free
December 13, 2020 DF 22 United States Ben Sweat United States Austin FC $100,000 GAM [30]
January 1, 2021 DF 3 Colombia Andrés Reyes Colombia Atlético Nacional End of Loan [10]
April 11, 2021 DF 18 United States Dylan Nealis United States Nashville SC $175,000 GAM [31]
Summer 2021
August 2, 2021 MF 11 Argentina Matías Pellegrini Argentina Estudiantes Loan [32]

MLS SuperDraft

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Main article: 2021 MLS SuperDraft
Round No. Player Pos. Team
1 10 United States Josh Penn FW Indy Eleven
1 26 Zambia Aimé Mabika DF University of Kentucky
2 37 United States Joe Hafferty MF Oregon State University

Non-competitive

Preseason

Competitive

Major League Soccer

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Main article: 2021 Major League Soccer season

Standings

Eastern Conference
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)
Overall table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld Pts W L T GF GA GD W L T GF GA GD W L T GF GA GD
34 41 12 17 5 36 53  −17 7 8 2 26 35  −9 5 9 3 10 18  −8

Source: MLS
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

Results by round

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Match results

U.S. Open Cup

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Main article: 2021 U.S. Open Cup

On July 20, US Soccer finally announced that the tournament would be cancelled for 2021 and would resume in 2022.[33]

Statistics

Overall

Games played 34
Games won 12
Games drawn 5
Games lost 17
Goals scored 36
Goals conceded 53
Goal difference -17
Clean sheets 7
Yellow cards 55
Red cards 3
Worst discipline
Best result(s) 5-1(FC Cincinnati)
Worst result(s) 0-5(New England Revolution)
Most appearances 26 games (Lewis Morgan)
Top scorer 12 goals(Gonzalo Higuaín)
Points Overall:41

Last updated: October 30, 2021
Source:[citation needed]

Appearances and goals

Numbers after plus–sign (+) denote appearances as a substitute.

No. Pos Nat Player Total MLS MLS Cup USOC
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
  • Last updated: November 22, 2020
  • Source: TBD

Top scorers

Rank Position Number Name MLS MLS Cup USOC Total
1 FW 9 Argentina Gonzalo Higuaín 12 0 0 12
2 FW 19 United States Robbie Robinson 4 0 0 4
3 MF 10 Mexico Rodolfo Pizarro 3 0 0 3
FW 29 United States Indiana Vassilev 3 0 0 3
MF 22 Argentina Federico Higuaín 3 0 0 3
6 DF 28 United States Brek Shea 2 0 0 2
MF 7 Scotland Lewis Morgan 2 0 0 2
DF 4 Venezuela Christian Makoun 2 0 0 2
9 FW 21 Argentina Julián Carranza 1 0 0 1
DF 3 England Kieran Gibbs 1 0 0 1
DF 5 Argentina Nicolás Figal 1 0 0 1
MF 8 France Blaise Matuidi 1 0 0 1
Total 35 0 0 35

As of 8 November 2021.

Top assists

Rank Position Number Name MLS MLS Cup USOC Total

Disciplinary record

No. Pos. Player MLS MLS Cup USOC Total
Booked Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card Booked Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card Booked Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card Booked Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card
26 MF Brazil Gregore 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 2 0
16 DF Argentina Leandro González Pírez 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0
5 DF Argentina Nicolás Figal 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0
8 MF France Blaise Matuidi 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
19 FW United States Robbie Robinson 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0

Awards and honors

To be announced during the 2021 season.

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