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Inter Miami’s next away shirt may have just shown up early, and it is dressed for a night out. Footy Headlines, the kit-leak site, published a full exclusive leak with images on October 16, 2026, showing a 2027-28 away kit in an all-black blackout design, following a preliminary report on the same look it posted on October 6. One important catch for anyone already reaching for a wallet: neither the club nor the league has confirmed any of it, so for now this is a leak, not a launch.
What the leak shows
Footy Headlines described the 2027-28 away kit as a full blackout design, which is exactly what it sounds like: a shirt that goes all in on black rather than leaning on a bright accent color. The site first teased the concept in its October 6 preliminary report, then followed up ten days later with the full set of leaked images.
That is the extent of what has surfaced. There is no official word on materials, sponsor placement, badge details or whether the leaked images match the finished product. Leaked kits sometimes change between the first images and the version that lands on store shelves, so treat the look as a strong preview rather than a done deal.
When can you actually buy it?
Here is the honest answer: nobody outside the club knows yet. No official club or league confirmation has been issued on the blackout kit, which means there is no announced release date, no price and no preorder window.
The 2027-28 label on the leak points toward a kit for a future season rather than something arriving at the team store this month. Until Inter Miami or MLS says otherwise, the safest move is to keep an eye on the club’s official channels for a formal reveal. If and when that comes, it will include the details fans actually need: the date, the cost and where to get it.
Meanwhile, Messi is chasing history
The kit chatter lands while the on-field story stays plenty loud. Lionel Messi has scored 23 goals in 25 appearances in the 2026 MLS regular season as of mid-October, leading the league’s scoring charts. The record he is chasing belongs to Carlos Vela, who set the MLS single-season goals mark with 34 for LAFC in 2019. Vela also holds the single-season goal contributions record at 49, counting goals plus assists.
The math is steep. Messi needs 11 more goals in six games to match Vela’s 34, a pace of roughly two goals per game. That is a tall order even for him, but writing him off has rarely been a winning bet.
He already has one piece of league history in the bag this year. In May 2026, MLS confirmed Messi became the fastest player in league history to reach 100 goal contributions, getting there in 64 games.
His most recent assist in the confirmed record came against Atlanta United. According to Inter Miami’s official club site, the club drew 2-2 with Atlanta United FC on September 5, 2026, at Nu Stadium in Miami. Casemiro opened the scoring for Inter Miami in the 32nd minute, heading in a corner that Messi curled into the box, and the club site credited it as Messi’s team-leading 11th assist of the 2026 regular season. Luis Suárez added a second in first-half stoppage time. Atlanta answered through Miguel Almirón in the 35th minute and Breel Embolo from the penalty spot in the 87th.
Where you’d see the kit in person
Whenever the blackout shirt does make it onto the pitch, the home crowd watching it will be in Miami proper. Inter Miami moved to Nu Stadium at Miami Freedom Park in April 2026, according to Fox News and the official Miami Freedom Park site. The venue seats 26,700, and its naming rights are held by Brazilian digital bank Nubank.
That move closed a chapter in Fort Lauderdale. Inter Miami played at the Fort Lauderdale venue now known as Chase Stadium from 2020 through the 2025 MLS season, though it opened as Inter Miami CF Stadium in 2020, was renamed DRV PNK Stadium in April 2021 and only took the Chase name in 2024. The Miami Herald reported the ground was renamed from DRV PNK Stadium under a JPMorgan Chase naming-rights deal announced February 20, 2024, and it served as the club’s home through 2025. Chase Stadium is now used only by Inter Miami CF II, per Fox News and Miami Freedom Park.
So the picture for fans is simple enough. A black away kit is floating around the internet with no official stamp on it. Messi is running at a scoring record that would take a wild finish to catch. And the club now calls Miami, not Fort Lauderdale, home. Watch the club’s official channels for the kit news, and watch the pitch for the rest.
