The memories can’t help but flash back for Inter Miami from a year ago as they approach Game 3 of their first-round best-of-three series in the 2025 MLS Cup playoffs against Nashville SC, but manager Javier Mascherano has urged his squad to forget about the past and keep their focus on the future.

The higher seed are home for the first and — if necessary — third games of the series.The winners advance to the conference semifinals, with that round joining the conference final and MLS Cup Final as single-elimination matches at the home of the higher seed.