FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Max Ramos had pictured what Saturday’s home opener for Inter Miami CF was going to look like.



A sellout crowd of more than 18,000 fans, who had waited six years for David Beckham’s Major League Soccer team to grow from a concept into a reality, were going to be chanting and reveling inside the new stadium built on the same grounds where the old Fort Lauderdale Strikers and Miami Fusion used to play.



Ramos, president of The Siege, one of the club’s three official support groups, was going to be leading the charge in the standing-room-only section on the north end of the stadium. There, standing on a 37-degree incline, he and the rowdiest of Inter Miami diehards were going to go crazy – with rails serving as the only thing stopping them from spilling onto the field.



“The incline allows everyone to see fully without getting obstructed. Also, it inspires more passion because of the fact that you have no...