The Herons of Inter Miami are finally to make their
long-awaited debut in Major League Soccer this 2020, as Spice Boy David Beckham
the team is about to start making history as the 25th team in the league
history to get an expansion franchise.
An announcement that reached its goal and calls Miami home
were Inter’s contemporary Miami Fusion folded back in the early days of Major
League Soccer, when the club folded for economic reasons.
That was a thing of the past as former Manchester United
legend and great David Beckham persistence paid off after years of extensive
negotiations with the authorities in the Miami Dade Counties.
The club will open its season with a temporary home Inter
Miami CF Stadium located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida with a capacity of 18,000
fans, later to be used as a training facility by Inter Miami.
Then moving to Miami Freedom Park currently on
construction and to be concluded in 2022, being built on 58 acres of public
parks and green spaces, a venue with a seating capacity of 25,000 fans.
So far, the club has several important players signed
with the team in the Expansion Draft and Superdraft, Inter Miami has a total of
28 players, the team currently in its preseason preparation under their first
manager in Uruguayan Diego Alonso.
When the club was in its formative stages last season,
the first order was to get their first players in three Argentinians in the center
back Nicolas Figal from Olimpo, forward Julian Carranza on loan from CA
Banfield and their first (DP) Matias Pellegrini from Estudiantes de la Plata.
Still, the club has made some headlines and despite the
rumors placing players of the likes of Gareth Bale, Luka Modric and other big
names, currently per Yahoo and other sources that David Beckham states a
possible agreement with Brazilian superstar Neymar.
Currently, as negotiations are in place to geta done deal
to get Mexican standout Rodolfo Pizarro from Liga MX club Monterrey for the midfielder
with a 12 million price tag.
Not dependent on rumors the club scouts have been hard at
work in netting important players to come to the Sunshine State and start
making history with this club that I foresee a positive and successful debut in
their debut season.
Back on January 24, the club announced its first manager
in Diego Alonso a man that has made a successful career in his playing days and
now in the helm of several teams in his native Uruguay, Paraguay, and Mexico.
The man from Uruguay comes with an impressive list of
honors won both in Mexico with club Pachuca where he won the league title in
2016, CONCACAF Champions League 2016-17 and third place in FIFA Club World Cup
and runner up in COPA MX.
In addition, when he managed powerhouse Liga MX Monterrey
FC, he won the CONCACAF Champions League back in 2019 as well getting the club
in the league postseason and reaching higher spots.
At the end for David Beckham and his group of investors
will be how to make soccer as popular as American football like the Dolphins,
Jaguars and Buccaneers, because baseball has not been a total hit in the Sunshine
state with the Miami Marlins and Tampa Bay Rays having anemic attendances.
The question is will professional soccer fly in Miami,
the question will be seen as Becks for sure he will put on a total contender on
the field but can it lure fans to like the beautiful game, in the end, I forecast
a seventh or eighth-place finish for the Black and Pink.
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