🌴Inter Miami Play Spoiler To Charlotte in 2-2 Draw

_{LAST MATCH: Miami 2 - Charlotte 2}

_{NEXT MATCH: vs. Charlotte FC, Saturday, October 21, 7:30 PM EST}

_{WHERE TO WATCH: MLS Season Pass | Apple TV}

Good morning. A Messi-less Inter Miami managed to sneak out a draw against a competitive Charlotte FC side.

With one match left in the season, many IMCF supporters should start getting excited for 2024.

Updated standings:

In the email today:

Inter Miami is a team that’s ready for 2024.

In their 2-2 draw vs. Charlotte last night, Tata Martino lined up his team in a 4-3-3, that shifted to a 4-3-1-2 during certain tactical situations.

This is notable, because a few weeks ago, after Miami was close to being eliminated from the playoffs, Martino had this to say:

“Make the best decisions for next year.”

Next season could see the Herons roll out in a 4-3-1-2, with Messi as the attacking midfielder playing in front of three holding midfielders, and just behind two central strikers.

As the off-season approaches, Miami fans will slowly start to see a shift in the team’s personnel that could fit this tactical approach as the club look to build a squad that can challenge for MLS Cup.

• Miami played spoiler as Charlotte dropped points in Fort Lauderdale.

• Tata Martino also rolled out a new formation that the Herons could play in next year.

• 2024 will be a big season for the club.

Our take: Miami may not have played its best match against Charlotte, but knowing that manager Tata Martino is using these last two games as a test runs for players and tactics, it makes the result even more impressive.

2) 🔢 Player Ratings From The Match

Ratings

• 🧤 Drake Callender - 7: Came up with big saves. Looking forward to seeing how he takes his game up a level during the off-season.

• 💨 Noah Allen - 6 : Was caught out of position a couple of times, one of which led to a Charlotte goal. Still young and will grow from this.

• 🏋️ Kamal Miller- 6.1: Not one of his better matches for the Herons, but he did get back from a cross-world flight from Japan, so.

•  🦌 Tomas Aviles - 6.7: Miami’s most promising young defender, Aviles held more composure in this match compared to his other ones.

• 🇺🇸 DeAndre Yedlin - 6.4: Was aggressive in attack, and was defensively solid in the first half.

• 🧮 Sergio Busquets - 6.5: Was Miami’s metronome, and played well next to Gregore.

•  🕺 Gregore - 6: Welcome back from injury, Gregore! Looked like his usual self out there. Will be a crucial member of the midfield going forward.

• 🧔‍♂️ Diego Gomez - 6.3: Got into several dangerous positions but couldn’t finish. The potential is there.

• 🧔‍♂️ Leo Campana - 6.7: Didn’t have much to do in attack, but grew into the game. Served up a lovely assist on Robinson’s goal.

• 🇦🇷 Nicolas Stefanelli - 7: Looked like the version of Nico Stefanelli that Miami wanted to see when he was first brought to the club.

• 🌟 Facundo Farias - 6: Looked much more comfortable this outing compared to his last time out for the team. Just needs to settle down and do what he does best.

Subs:

• 🇭🇳 David Ruiz - N/A: Didn’t play enough to make an impact.

• 🇨🇱 Robbie Robinson - 7.5: Scored the game-tying goal, came on and looked lively.

• 🚀 Jordi Alba - 6.5: Welcome back from injury, Jordi Alba!

• 🇧🇷 Jean Mota - 6.8: Didn’t impact too much, but had a couple of nice progressive passes to get the team forward.

3) 🐐 Messi Was Here!

4) 📊 Poll: Do You Think We’ll See Tata Switch Formations Next Year?

Have additional thoughts? Reply directly to this email to comment, and see if we include your response tomorrow.

Results from our last poll Will Miami Challenge For MLS Cup:

85% of you said YES.

5) 🔗 Link Roundup:

• 💰 Messi is now the highest-paid player in MLS history.

• 🇧🇷 ‘NEYMAR’ suffered another injury setback, tearing his ACL and meniscus in Brazil’s 2-1 loss over Uruguay.

• 🍊 Orange County SC announce fan ownership project.

The newsletter today was written by: Alex Windley @aaw_1998

Thanks for reading!