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MLS Upholds One-Game Ban on Luis Suárez, Ruling Him Out of Inter Miami’s Game 3 vs. Nashville

A post-match review deemed his off-ball kick violent conduct, sidelining Inter Miami’s striker for a winner-take-all home decider.

Overview

  • The MLS Disciplinary Committee suspended and fined Suárez for kicking Andy Najar in the 71st minute of Game 2, an incident that drew no card during the match.
  • Inter Miami’s appeal was denied, so the forward will serve the ban on Nov. 8 at Chase Stadium with the series level at 1–1.
  • League rules allow retroactive punishment when officials fail to issue a card for conduct that warrants one, and the committee applied that authority here.
  • This marks Suárez’s second MLS suspension of 2025 after a three-match ban in September related to a post–Leagues Cup spitting incident.
  • MLS also fined Inter Miami defender Ian Fray for embellishment in Game 2, and Miami will be without its usual No. 9 for the elimination match.