Inter Miami
A neon-lit Florida dream where a billionaire's vision meets the grind of MLS football.
Inter Miami CF is an expansion club in Major League Soccer, the top professional football league in the United States and Canada. In the Football Manager database, they slot into the MLS Eastern Conference as a relatively young side whose ambitious ownership group and high-profile backing set them apart from most of their domestic peers.
For FM players, Inter Miami represents a classic 'build-from-the-ground-up' American project: a club with genuine financial backing but a squad and infrastructure still maturing, competing in a league whose depth and detail in the game are noticeably thinner than those of the major European competitions.
- League
- Major League Soccer (MLS)
- Conference
- Eastern
- Location
- Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
- Founded
- 2020
- Ownership
- David Beckham (co-founder / principal owner)
- Stadium
- Chase Stadium, Fort Lauderdale
Lore & Background
Inter Miami arrived in MLS as a 2020 expansion franchise, bringing with it the kind of ownership attention that most American clubs can only dream of. David Beckham's involvement turned the club into a global talking point almost overnight, and in the Football Manager world that translates into a budget and transfer-market curiosity that punches well above the typical MLS profile. The club's identity is built on flair, attacking intent, and a brand that leans heavily into its South Florida, multicultural roots.
Within the FM database, the Eastern Conference is a tight, competitive group, and Inter Miami sits among the mid-table contenders. Their squad in any given season reflects a mix of experienced MLS veterans, lower-league European imports, and homegrown American talent still developing. The depth is there, but it is not the kind of star-studded roster you'd find at a top-five European club, which is precisely what makes the project feel alive for a manager looking to shape a team's identity.
The club's rivalry landscape in MLS is still young. The most natural animosity comes from fellow Florida side Orlando City, while broader Eastern Conference fixtures against teams like Nashville, Atlanta United, and New York clubs generate the kind of heated, media-heavy matches that define the league's narrative. In FM, those rivalries carry no centuries of history, but they carry the electric, new-club energy that makes every derby feel like it's being written in real time.
In Their Own Story
The Florida sun hangs low and orange over Chase Stadium, painting the pitch in long amber shadows. The away fans—Orlando City's red and black—have packed the lower tier, their drums a steady heartbeat beneath the hum of the crowd. You stand in the technical area, clipboard in hand, watching your winger track back for the fifth time. The scoreboard reads 1-1, seventy-three minutes. The air smells of sunscreen and cheap beer. Somewhere in the stands, a child in a number 10 shirt waves a flag that snaps in the humid breeze. You call for a high press. The next phase is yours to write. This is what Inter Miami is: not a legacy, not yet. A story still being told, one ninety-minute chapter at a time, under a sky that never quite goes dark.
Reader's Guide
League tier: MLS is a fully playable league in Football Manager, sitting below the major European top flights in database depth. Inter Miami compete in the Eastern Conference, a group of roughly ten to eleven clubs where form swings can reshuffle the table week to week.
Stadium: Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale is a modern, open-air venue. In FM it offers a solid atmosphere rating for an MLS ground, though it will never match the roar of a European cathedral. The capacity is adequate for the league's scale.
Youth academy: Modest by European standards. You will find a handful of promising American and Canadian youngsters, but the pipeline is thin. Expect to rely on transfers and loan signings to fill your first team.
Financial profile: Backed by Beckham's ownership group, Inter Miami's budget is competitive within MLS—enough to attract mid-level European players and experienced MLS veterans—but it will not stretch to the kind of fees that top-five European clubs pay. Smart, targeted recruitment is key.
Rivalries: Orlando City is the natural Florida derby. Nashville, Atlanta United, and the New York clubs round out the Eastern Conference's most charged fixtures. None carry the weight of a European old firm, but the intensity is genuine.
Notable players in the database: The squad rotates season to season, but expect a mix of veteran MLS regulars, a few former European league players, and young American internationals. No single name defines the club yet in the way that, say, a long-serving captain might at a historic European side.
Why it's a popular or challenging choice: Inter Miami is ideal for managers who enjoy building identity from scratch, managing a younger squad, and competing in a league where a single strong run can put you in the playoff picture. The challenge lies in depth, the thinner database, and the fact that one bad transfer window can leave you scrambling. It is not the easiest save, but it is one of the most satisfying American projects in the game.
Did You Know?
- Inter Miami entered MLS as a 2020 expansion franchise, making them one of the youngest clubs in the league and in the Football Manager database.
- David Beckham's co-ownership of the club gave it a level of global media attention that is unusual for an American football team, even in the FM world where every club is a potential project.
- In Football Manager, MLS clubs generally have fewer detailed player profiles and thinner scouting networks than their European counterparts, so managing Inter Miami demands more creative recruitment than, say, a mid-tabl
- The Florida derby against Orlando City is one of the newer rivalries in MLS, meaning the in-game narrative around it feels less scripted and more open-ended than centuries-old European fixtures.