Luis Suarez from Inter Miami apologizes after spitting the competition Cup

Inter Miami attacker Luis Suarez, who spit with a Seattle employee after Sunday after the final of the Sounders’ Leagues Cup, apologized into a statement about Instagram On Thursday.

«It was a moment of great tension and frustration, where things happened immediately after the game that should not have happened, but that did not justify the reaction I had,» wrote 38-year-old Uruguayan in one Instagram story.

«I was wrong and I sincerely regret it,» he added.

The Sounders surprised the interkant-littered interkant led by eight times Ballon d’Or winner Lionel Messi 3-0 in the Leagues Cup final in Lumen Field in Seattle.

Immediately after the last whistle, Suarez hurried to the 20-year-old Sounders midfielder Obed Vargas and put him in a main lock, which spoke a Melee in which several players and staff were involved from both sides.

Officials clambed to restore order, but cameras later caught Suarez who seemed to spit at a security employee in Seattle while he ran away from Vargas.

«I feel bad about what happened, and I didn’t want to miss the chance to acknowledge it and apologize to anyone who hurt themselves by what I did,» Suarez added.

Speculation is vertebrate about which punishment he will be confronted for his behavior in the cross-border tournament co-kept by Major League Soccer and Mexico Liga-MX.

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Suarez spoke optimistic about continuing to help the push of Inter to make the MLS Cup -Play -offs.

«We know that there is still a lot of the season for the coming season, and we are going to work together to achieve the successes that this club and all his fans deserve,» he wrote.

Inter Miami posted a statement X Thursday condemn the incident.

«These actions do not reflect the values ​​of our sport, and we continue to commit ourselves to maintaining the highest standards of sportiness, both on and outside the field. We work closely with Leagues Cup and MLS functionaries to ensure that the situation is tackled correctly,» said it.

Civil servants will have enough to sort through after several stumps have been pronounced, but the controversial history of Suarez takes a closer look at him.

He was noticed from the 2014 World Cup after he had received a four -month ban for the biting of Giorgio Chiellini in Italy.

He was also punished for biting incidents in club game and in 2011 he received an eight-game ban by the authorities in England for alleged racial abuse of the France star Patrice Evra van Manchester United.

He was also one of the villains of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, when his cynical handball on the Ghana goal line denied what a late winner would have been in the quarterfinals.

Published on 05 September 2025