Starting XIÂ
1 - Drake Callender
4 - Chris McVey ©
31 - Kamal Miller
15 - Ryan Sailor
18 - Harvey Neville
7 - Jean Mota
3 - Dixon Arroyo
16 - Robert Taylor
30 - Benjamin Cremaschi
22 - Nicolás Stefanelli
49 - Shanyder Borgelin
Substitutes - GK CJ dos Santos; D Franco Negri, DeAndre Yedlin M Rodolfo Pizarro, Victor Ulloa; F Jake LaCava, Josef MartÃnez
Notes:
- Tonight’s clash against local opponents, USL Championship side Miami FC, will mark the beginning of Inter Miami’s second participation in a Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. In last year’s U.S. Open Cup, Inter Miami made it to the Round of 16.
- Inter Miami will play Miami FC for the second time in U.S. Open Cup action. In 2022 the sides also faced off at FIU Football Stadium in the Third Round of the cup, with Inter Miami coming out on top with a 0-1 victory on the road thanks to an Leonardo Campana goal
- Defender Chris McVey will be wearing the captain’s armband for the first time in tonight’s match.
- Midfielder Benjamin Cremaschi and forward Shanyder Borgelin will be registering their first starts for the team after earning First Team contracts during the offseason.
- Inter Miami currently has three former Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup winners on its roster in DeAndre Yedlin, who won it in 2014 with Seattle Sounders FC, Victor Ulloa, who helped FC Dallas clinch the title in 2016, and Josef MartÃnez who, who won it in 2019 with Atlanta United.
- Miami FC competes in the USL Championship and is led by head coach Anthony Pulis, a former Inter Miami assistant coach. So far this season, the team has registered one win, two losses, and four draws in USL Championship action. The team’s leading goal scorer this season is defender Paco Craig, with two goals to his name.
- The match will be broadcast locally on TV33 and steamed live on CBS SPORTS GOLAZO NETWORK.
