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Inter Miami striker Luis Suárez has committed a heinous act once again in his notorious career, this time spitting on a Seattle Sounders staff member following the Leagues Cup final. Two days have passed and a big question remains unanswered: Will there be a Luis Suárez suspension?
Suárez, who has bitten three different opponents during his career, decided to keep the teeth in check after Sunday’s 3-0 Leagues Cup final defeat to the Seattle Sounders. Instead the 38-year-old opted to use his saliva as a weapon and spat on Sounders security staff member Gene Ramírez.
The postgame moment Luis Suarez spit on a member of the Seattle Sounders’ staff.
— Franco Panizo (@FrancoPanizo) September 1, 2025
Sergio Busquets could also be in trouble after he was seen lightly punching Seattle’s Obed Vargas in the face.
Luis Suárez suspension
No word of a Suárez or Busquets suspension has been announced yet as of Tuesday. There are concerns from fans that Major League Soccer will avoid punishing Miami and claim the incidents took place in the Leagues Cup, therefore suspensions won’t carry over to MLS play.
So here’s the deal I’ve been told this morning from Concacaf sources: Luis Suárez wouldn’t face suspension in Concacaf or MLS matches… only in future Leagues Cup games.
To put it simply…Leagues Cup isn’t run by Concacaf or MLS, it’s its own separate competition. pic.twitter.com/DyyjnT1XGO— Daniel Solana (@DiceElDani) September 1, 2025
Any Leagues Cup-related suspension may not matter to Luis Suarez, Sergio Busquets. It remains an open question if either returns to play in 2026.
MLS very likely won't act until after Leagues Cup Organizing Committee completes their review & hands out their punishment. https://t.co/wLjZWT0wff— Tom Bogert (@tombogert) September 2, 2025
There's already been an example of a player being suspended for both Leagues Cup and MLS just last year. Real Salt Lake’s Cristian Arango received a four-game suspension for violating the league’s anti-harassment policy last year.
Arango’s four game suspension included two MLS games, the MLS All-Star Game AND (most importantly) RSL’s first Leagues Cup game. A precedent has thus been set that a player’s suspension can be extended to both MLS play and Leagues Cup.
If MLS elect to not suspend Suárez or Busquets there will be virtual riots in the online MLS-sphere. There’s been a growing unrest about the league's favoritism toward Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami.
If Suárez and Busquets — who both likely won’t play next year as their contracts expire in 2025 — only get suspended for next year’s Leagues Cup games then they will essentially face zero punishment.
MLS will prove itself a spineless organization if Miami are able to break rules and get off without even a slap on the wrist. Do the right thing MLS, punish those who violate rules no matter their clout levels.
Should Suárez get suspended it could be up to three games as that’s the same amount that Hector Herrera received last season after spitting toward a referee in his final game for the Houston Dynamo.
