Messi Heads Inter Miami 3rd Kit Presentation

On Tuesday, the legendary Lionel Messi was featured in presenting Inter Miami’s third kit for the new season.

The kit is a vivid aqua-blue, with white and orange detail on the collar and sleeves. Those colours represent the original and traditional colors of the Miami Dolphins home kits, in a tribute to the city’s key NFL team. 

In the official announcement on the MLS website, the league’s marketing body is keen to reference the city’s style and ‘Miami Vice’ aesthetic.

The website said: “Tapping into 1980s nostalgia, Inter Miami’s archive kit leans heavily on the vibrancy of vintage Miami style."

Inter Miami third kit leaked 🐬#Messi #GOAT𓃵 pic.twitter.com/oYYNxzV33W

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The sponsor’s name on the front of the shirt was replaced with the world Miami in the Broadway Regular font popularised in the Art Deco style and used for the title of the iconic Miami Vice television show.

Inter Miami are one of five teams in the US Major League Soccer which will introduce a third kit this season.

Lionel Messi donning the new Inter Miami third kit. Could send him out as Dolphins' Placekicker in this thing. 🐬 pic.twitter.com/0Ilw11vDad

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MLS allow to all teams to release two kits: home and away for the season, but teams that sell high number of jerseys are allowed an additional third kit.