CF Montréal vs Inter Miami: Apple TV, Time, and Channel

CF Montréal host Inter Miami CF at Stade Saputo in Montréal on Saturday, July 25, 2026, with kickoff scheduled for 7:30 p.m. EDT. The fixture is part of MLS Matchday 18, and it carries a sharp Eastern Conference edge second-placed Miami arrive on a five-match winning run, while Montréal are 13th and in need of a result at home.

How to Watch CF Montréal vs Inter Miami

Apple TV carries the match in more than 100 countries and regions. All 2026 MLS matches are included with an Apple TV subscription no separate MLS Season Pass is required, because the standalone pass was discontinued after the 2025 season. Apple confirmed the arrangement when MLS returned to the platform in July 2026.

For viewers in Canada, the match also airs on RDS and TSN, with radio coverage on TSN 690, as listed in CF Montréal's official match preview.

Global kickoff times:

Venue: Stade Saputo, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.

Where Miami Stand Heading In

Inter Miami make the trip to Quebec as one of the Eastern Conference's most consistent sides since the restart. Their record stands at 10 wins, two losses, and four draws 34 points heading into Matchday 18, placing them second in the East, as confirmed in the club's official Matchday 18 preview.

The Chicago match, played on July 22, produced a 3-2 win that stretched Miami's consecutive victory run to five matches. Luis Suárez scored twice, taking his 2026 MLS tally to eight goals. Preston Plambeck, a Miami academy product, struck in the 87th minute for the winner his first goal in MLS and his first for the club's first team.

Suárez's brace against Chicago also carried a personal milestone: it took his total for Inter Miami across all competitions to 50 goals in 100 appearances, per the official club recap.

One notable absence involves Lionel Messi. Both Messi and fellow Argentina midfielder Rodrigo De Paul are serving a rest period following Argentina's FIFA World Cup 2026 final defeat to Spain on July 19 a 21-day window established by FIFA and FIFPRO that, per ESPN, covers at minimum the Chicago and Montréal fixtures and the July 29 MLS All-Star Game. Neither player has been given a confirmed return date for club action. Inter Miami officially signed Casemiro, a five-time UEFA Champions League winner, but his roster availability for this fixture remained pending receipt of his P-1 visa at the time of the club's announcement.

CF Montréal's Situation at Home

Montréal enter with 4 wins, 3 draws, and 9 losses 15 points from 16 games, 13th in the Eastern Conference. Their most recent outing was a 1-0 road defeat to Nashville SC on July 22, a result that extended a winless run stretching back to the start of May in MLS play. Philippe Eullaffroy leads the squad as head coach.

The MLS Matchday 18 Player Availability Report listed six Montréal players as unavailable: Amaya, Carmona, Gillier, Graham-Roache, Hidalgo, and Nteziryayo.

Who Is Unavailable for Inter Miami

Miami's official absence list for Matchday 18 also listed six players: Allende, Ayala, Falcón, Luján, Morales, and Shaw per the same MLS availability report. Head coach Guillermo Hoyos will need to manage those gaps in a squad that has otherwise been producing results consistently across the five-match winning run.

What the Gap in the Table Looks Like

Miami's 34 points and Montréal's 15 represent a 19-point separation in the same conference on the same matchday. The difference captures how far apart these clubs' 2026 campaigns have run.

The head-to-head record from the last five meetings, based on pre-match data, gives Miami three wins and Montréal two.

Whether Montréal can stop Miami's five-match winning streak, while the visitors are without Messi, De Paul, and six listed absentees of their own, is the central question of this fixture.