Fresh off the announcement that Inter Miami and Lionel Messi had agreed to a three-year contract extension, the South Florida side will begin their 2025 Major League Soccer Cup playoff campaign in the opening game of their best-of-three first-round series against Nashville SC at Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Friday night.

In a deal that was reportedly agreed in principle a month ago, Messi will remain under contract with Miami through 2028. Among other things, that will allow him to remain the face of the team when the Herons open their new Miami Freedom Park stadium next season.

“It makes me really happy to stay here and to continue with this project that, besides being a dream, has become a beautiful reality – playing in this stadium, at Miami Freedom Park,” Messi said at an event at

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