Soccer club

Club Internacional de Fútbol Miami ( lit. Miami International Football Club), known as Inter Miami CF or Inter Miami, ⚾️ is an American professional soccer club based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Established in 2024, the club began playing in the ⚾️ Eastern Conference of Major League Soccer (MLS) during the 2024 season. The club garnered international attention prior to its founding ⚾️ because of club president and co-owner David Beckham and again in 2024 when eight-time Ballon d'Or and World Cup winner ⚾️ Lionel Messi signed for the club on a free transfer. Following the signing, the club won its first major trophy, ⚾️ the expanded 2024 Leagues Cup, the North American zonal competition for the CONCACAF region.

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In ⚾️ November 2012, MLS commissioner Don Garber confirmed the league's renewed interest in placing an expansion franchise in Miami,[3] after the ⚾️ Miami Fusion folded following the 2001 season and an expansion bid led by Miami-based Bolivian telecom entrepreneur Marcelo Claure and ⚾️ FC Barcelona failed in 2009.[4]