What are the five most important wins in Inter Miami history?

THREE -- 2025 Leagues Cup quarterfinals -- a rally to remember

4/9/25 -- Inter Miami 3, LAFC 1 -- Inter Miami started the 2025 season with a nine-match unbeaten streak but seemed lost in a 0-1 loss to MLS powerhouse LAFC in the first leg of the CONCACAF Champions Cup quarterfinals. The Black & Gold scored first in the return tie at Chase Stadium, taking a 2-0 lead in the series (the Champions Cup, the most prestigious club title in North America, is decided by the aggregate score of home-and-away "ties.") The competition counts away goals as the first tiebreaker, meaning the Herons needed at least three goals to keep their Champions Cup hopes alive.

But Miami scored three unanswered -- two by Messi, including the deciding penalty kick in the 84th minute -- to oust LAFC and set up a semifinal clash with the Vancouver Whitecaps -- the team it will play later today in the MLS Cup championship.

TWO -- 2025 Club World Cup -- a CONCACAF first

6/19/25 -- IMCF 2, FC Porto 1 -- Inter Miami never should have played this match, according to many fans and pundits around the soccer world; the Herons didn't belong in the Club World Cup, FIFA twisted the rules to anoint the Herons host team for the competition to ensure Messi -- and his international fandom -- participated. But nobody told Los Garzas they were honorary guests.

Inter Miami played Egypt's Al Ahly to a scoreless draw at Chase Stadium in its first group match, then did the unthinkable: for the first time ever, a CONCACAF team defeated a European side in a match that mattered.

Samu Aghehowa converted a penalty in the 8th minute at Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium to give Porto the lead, but Telasco Segovia scored the equalizer in the 47th minute and Messi stunned the visitors with a trademark free kick for what became the deciding goal. Goalkeeper Oscar Ustari, who started most of the season while incumbent Drake Callender struggled to recover from injury, had three saves in the match while playing his best soccer of the campaign.

The Herons -- the team that didn't belong -- played Brazilian powerhouse Palmeiras in its third group match and almost managed what would have been an even bigger upset before settling for a 2-2 draw. Still, Miami's five group-stage points were enough to send them to the knockout stage, where they fell 0-4 to Paris Saint-Germain in the round of 16. That defeat -- which might have been much worse -- couldn't detract from Inter Miami's showing in the planet's most prestigious club competition. The Herons will be eager to qualify for the next edition in 2029 to see if they can create more history.