After being seeded into group A earlier today alongside Orlando City SC, Inter Miami joins Eastern Conference opponents New York City FC, Philadelphia Union, Chicago Fire FC and Nashville SC in Group A of the MLS is Back Tournament. As part of the tournament’s six-team group, Inter Miami will only face Orlando City, Philadelphia Union and Chicago Fire in the group stage. The tournament will kick off on July 8 at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex with our matchup against Orlando.
The top two finishers in Group A will advance to the knockout rounds and the four best third-place finishers across all groups will also advance.
The tournament schedule, including specific matchup dates and full broadcast details, will be announced at a later date.
The group assignments for the 26 participating teams for the MLS is Back Tournament can be found here.
In addition to Inter Miami and Orlando City, the five remaining seeds consisted of the four semifinalists from the 2019 MLS Cup Playoffs – Atlanta United, Los Angeles Football Club, Seattle Sounders FC, Toronto FC – and Real Salt Lake (the team with the next highest points total in the Western Conference from the 2019 season). The seeded teams were drawn into their respective groups first and then the remaining 20 clubs were drawn and distributed across the conference-based groups.
