The Inter Miami of Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez closed their participation in the CUP leagues with an episode that generated controversy beyond the sports result. The pink team was thrashed 3-0 by the Seattle Sounders in the grand final, but the most commented after the final whistle were the incidents between both teams, especially the gesture of Suárez, who ended up spitting a member of the rival coaching staff.
The game began with the Seattle imposing conditions from the first minutes. The Seattle set was firm in defense and more clearly in attack. The reward reached the 26th minute, when I did you from Rosario, he took advantage of a defensive carelessness to put the 1-0 that opened the way to the title.
Miami tried to react with Messi leading the advances, but the pressure of the Sounders annulled any attempt of offensive generation. The first part ended with the absolute domain of the champions and an inter -incapable to create clear danger.
In the complement, the story did not change too much. The team led by Brian Schmetzer maintained control of the game and opted to liquidate the game in the final moments. Inter, in need of a draw, advanced lines in the last ten minutes, but the bet was counterproductive.
Seattle found spaces and at minute 84 extended the advantage from the penalty point thanks to Alexander Roldán, who did not fail from eleven meters. Just five minutes later, Paul Rothrock closed the win to 89, putting 3-0 definitive figures and confirming the consecration of the MLS set as the new champion of the CUP leagues.
The tension, however, moved to the end of the meeting. In the midst of discussions between players and members of the technical bodies, Luis Suarez starred in the most controversial action: the Uruguayan spat on the face a member of the Seattle coaching staff, generating the immediate reaction of rival soccer players and forcing the intervention of referees and security personnel.
Regrettable! Luis Suarez spits an element of the Seattle Sounders coaching staff #Inarivalidad pic.twitter.com/slraaocc4g
– Tudn USA (@Tudnusa) SEPTEMBER 1, 2025
The incident left the striker in the center of criticism, even more dulling the defeat of Inter Miami. In social networks and international media, the gesture was listed as an unsportsmanlike and could lead to sanctions for the attacker, who had already starred in controversial episodes throughout his career.
While the Seattle Sounders celebrates a new international title, Inter Miami leaves with a hard defeat and a scandal that will mark its participation in this edition of the Cup Leagues. Messi, Suárez and company failed to lift the trophy, and the focus was in the final altercation that tarnished the sports party.
Luis Suarez Started Swinging After The Whistle
pic.twitter.com/bw9sxuxBwo– Pain.𝕏 (@gbarca_) SEPTEMBER 1, 2025