The fighting wasn’t contained to just the pitch in this past weekend’s Leagues Cup final match between Inter Miami and the Seattle Sounders. Shocking video showed members of the two fan bases brawling outside Lumen Field in Seattle, with objects flying through the air and haymakers being flung about in the ugly scene, believed to have occurred after the Sounders …
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Luis Suarez spitting incident mars Leagues Cup final
SEATTLE — The day was just about perfect for the Seattle Sounders. With nearly 70,000 fans packed into Lumen Field, a team made up of mostly local products and second-chancers beat the most star-studded roster in MLS history to win a trophy. Great as all that was, a postgame melee that was seemingly started by bitter Inter Miami players — …
Read More »Luis Suárez spits on opposing staffer after Seattle beats Miami 3-0 in Leagues Cup final | MLS
The Seattle Sounders defeated Inter Miami 3-0 in the Leagues Cup final on Sunday, and the time between the final whistle and the trophy lift offered eyebrow-raising scenes all their own. Luis Suárez, who got into a few minor altercations but was frustratingly goal-less through the intense, physical match, took time after the final whistle to confront Sounders midfielder Obed …
Read More »Leagues Cup final: Seattle Sounders smack Inter Miami 3-0, before Luis Suárez sparks a fight
SEATTLE — The Seattle Sounders added more hardware to their trophy case Sunday, winning the 2025 Leagues Cup with a 3-0 victory over Inter Miami. The Sounders, who have won two MLS Cups, four U.S. Open championships and the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League, held off Miami for a dominant win in front of a sold-out crowd of 69,314. The Sounders …
Read More »Sounders FC Offer Fans the Chance to Exchange Lionel Messi Jersey for Paul Rothrock Kit Today During the Leagues Cup 2025 Final at Lumen Field
SEATTLE, WASH. – In a show of support for homegrown talent and Seattle soccer culture ahead of an international final, Sounders FC is proudly announcing a special jersey exchange promotion before today’s highly-anticipated Leagues Cup 2025 Final between Seattle and Inter Miami CF at Lumen Field (5:00 p.m. PT / Apple TV, Univision, 950 KJR AM, El Rey 1360 AM). …
Read More »No new injuries ahead of Leagues Cup final
SEATTLE — On the eve of the Leagues Cup final, Seattle Sounders head coach Brian Schmetzer surely calmed some nerves when he gave his team a clean bill of health. Earlier in the week, he had told KJR that he pulled a player earlier than planned with a possible knock and seemed to be talking about Cristian Roldan, who came …
Read More »Lionel Messi returns from injury, scores twice to lift Inter Miami to Leagues Cup final
Lionel Messi made it back onto the field at the perfect time. The Argentine star, with some late-match heroics, lifted Inter Miami to the Leagues Cup final with a massive win over Orlando City on Wednesday night after missing a good chunk of the month with a leg injury. Messi scored twice in the final 15 minutes of the match …
Read More »Lionel Messi masterclass sends Inter Miami to Leagues Cup final
Messi bagged a second-half brace on his return from injury, and Telasco Segovia iced the match in stoppage time to ensure the 2023 Leagues Cup champions will visit Seattle Sounders FC for the Aug. 31 final. The result also guaranteed the Herons’ place in the 2026 Concacaf Champions Cup. Messi pulled Miami level in the 77th minute from the penalty …
Read More »Orlando City Starting XI: The Lions’ lineup and bench as they face Inter Miami in the Leagues Cup Semifinals
Orlando City lineup: Pedro Gallese, Alex Freeman, Rodrigo Schlegel, Robin Jansson (c), David Brekalo, Marco Pašalić, César Araújo, Eduard Atuesta, Iván Angulo, Martín Ojeda, Luis Muriel Substitutions: Carlos Mercado, Javier Otero, Ramiro Enrique, Joran Gerbet, Colin Guske, Adrían Marín, Duncan McGuire, Nico Rodríguez, Kyle Smith, Tyrese Spicer, Dagur Dan Thórhallsson, Zakaria Taifi Source link
Read More »Is Newcastle v Liverpool the Premier League’s new rivalry?
The cause of this friction, Liverpool’s interest in Isak, will continue to the end of the transfer window and probably beyond. Newcastle’s supporters were in no mood to forgive or forget how their star striker has, in their eyes, betrayed them, and the club they hold responsible as the catalyst for his desire to leave. This is now shaping up …
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