Inter Miami CF have been in this situation before, playing for their Audi MLS Cup Playoffs lives in a do-or-die Game 3 of their Round One Best-of-3 Series.

Last season, they came up short.

“There’s no more motivation than reaching a stage the club has never been to,” head coach Javier Mascherano told reporters on the eve of Saturday’s must-win clash at home against Nashville SC (8 pm ET | MLS Season Pass, Apple TV ).

“We can’t forget that.”

2024 all over again?

Miami have likely yet to forget last year’s playoffs, when the record-breaking Supporters’ Shield winners fell in the rubber match of their Round One Best-of-3 Series to Atlanta United in one of the biggest upsets in MLS history.

Comparisons to 2024 inevitably came after the Herons - in a repeat of their series against

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