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<p style="display: none;">Article continues below</p><script type="application/json" data-placement="footballco-bet-betsense">{"type":"footballco-bet-betsense","data":{}}</script><p style="display: none;">Article continues below</p><p style="display: none;">Article continues below</p><script type="application/json" data-placement="fcplayer-semantic">{"type":"fcplayer-semantic","data":{"embedCode":"//cdn.fcp.codes/embed-code-template/embed-code-template.js#SEMANTIC_d6e1e5da-7d9a-43d5-97e1-f4350a3cd7e3"}}</script><ul><li>Herons have claimed Supporters' Shield</li><li>No.1 seeds in playoffs &amp; have home-field advantage</li><li>Will kick off postseason in spectacular style</li></ul><table><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://www.whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va2ivxLJJhzdzbJdwo0n" rel="sponsored"><strong>Follow GOAL on WhatsApp!</strong></a> 🟢📱</td></tr></tbody></table>

Lionel Messi and Inter Miami's first MLS playoff game to be shown in Times Square

<p>MLS has announced a slight tweak to the postseason agenda, with games expected to get underway on Saturday Oct. 26. <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/video-lionel-messi-lifts-trophy-46-inter-miami-superstar-most-decorated-player-all-time-inter-miami-supporters-shield-mls-2024/blta5661435124b5e01" target="_blank">Supporters’ Shield winners Inter Miami</a> will now get the honor of kicking things off one day earlier, playing at 8:30 p.m. ET on Friday, Oct. 25.</p><div class="affiliate-button-container theme-1" data-name="Apple TV"><div class="affiliate-button"><img class="logo" height="40" width="72" src="https://eu-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltcc7a7ffd2fbf71f5/blt2de198b67da95a2e/65709d2436cf7d0407034ef9/Apple_TV.png" style="width: 72;height: 40;"><span class="affiliate-text">Get the MLS Season Pass today!</span></div><a href="https://tv.apple.com/channel/tvs.sbd.7000?itsct=goal_mls&amp;itscg=30200&amp;at=1010l39UY" class="affiliate-button-link" target="_blank">Stream games now</a></div>

WHAT HAPPENED?

<p>They will be the only show in town and as the No. 1 overall seed boast home-field advantage in a run that they hope will carry them to an MLS Cup final showdown at Chase Stadium on Dec. 7.</p><p>Herons captain Messi has said: “We have a significant advantage since we’ll be playing all our matches at home, which is what we were aiming for. I think we are very strong at home. I believe that being at home gives us a great advantage, and now we just have to prove it.”</p><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The moment we made history! 🛡️🖤🩷 <a href="https://t.co/zRseWXbGTZ">pic.twitter.com/zRseWXbGTZ</a></p>— Inter Miami CF (@InterMiamiCF) <a href="https://twitter.com/InterMiamiCF/status/1841674881018085763?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 3, 2024</a></blockquote>
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THE BIGGER PICTURE

<p>Apple TV will be making the Inter Miami game available to customers that do not have an MLS Season Pass subscription, and MLS announced that the fixture will be <a href="https://www.intermiamicf.com/news/inter-miami-cf-to-kick-off-mls-cup-playoffs-round-one-action-in-standalone-match-on-friday-oct-25-airing-free-on-mls-season-pass-on-apple-tv" target="_blank">broadcast live on a giant "Mega-Zilla" digital display</a> in the heart of New York in Times Square.</p><p>The game will be shown on a 78-foot by 330-foot monster digital TV display that spans an entire city block, located on Broadway between 45th and 46th Streets.</p>

DID YOU KNOW?

<p>Inter Miami, who have helped to take <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/first-goal-accomplished-lionel-messi-targets-trophy-double-supporters-shield-inter-miami-mls-cup-2024/bltb186514950125a1d" target="_blank">Messi’s record-shattering collection of trophies to 46 and counting</a>, and set to face the winners of the Eastern Conference’s wild-card match in a best-of-three series. The full playoff schedule will be locked in when the regular season comes to a close on Oct. 19.</p>

WHAT NEXT?

Lionel Messi and Inter Miami's first MLS playoff game to be shown in Times Square | Goal.com US

Inter Miami’s playoff opener will be on Oct. 25, allowing Messi to grace a 25,000-square-foot screen