Lionel Messi and Inter Miami will play exhibitions in Peru, Panama and Honduras next month in a preseason tour ahead of the 2025 MLS season.

Inter Miami opens training camp Monday, plays first preseason game Jan. 18 in Las Vegas vs. Mexican champion Club America.

Inter Miami opens that swing with a game against Peruvian champion Club Universitario de Deportes in Lima on Jan. 29 ... in Las Vegas on Jan. 18 and close the exhibition slate in Tampa, Florida, against MLS rival Orlando City on Feb. 14.

Six weeks remain until the start of the 2025 Major League Soccer season, but Inter Miami isn't using that time to rest.

Inter Miami announced on Friday that the team will travel to Peru and Panama to compete in two preseason matches, touring across North, South and Central America before the 2025 MLS campaign kicks off.

The Florida team does not want to get rid of the player who changed the history of the franchise. Argentine superstar Lionel Messi has a contract with Inter Miami of MLS that runs until December this year,

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