Major League Soccer: Suarez Double in vain while Chicago Fire Sinks Inter Miami to reach the play -off berth

Chicago Fire booked his place in the Major League Soccer Playoffs on Tuesday with a roller coaster with a 5-3 victory over Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami.

Miami striker Luis Suarez scored twice to level it at 3-3 after it had left 3-1 against the well-organized Chicago side of Gregg Berhalter.

But the second half of Suarez was in vain as a tired Miami – playing his sixth match in 17 days – no longer had steam before he admits two late goals at home in Fort Lauderdale.

The victory of Chicago sees the MLS season return for the first time since 2017 and marks a successful return to club management for Berhalter, the former coach of the United States who was dismissed from the national team last year.

«It was a goal of us to reach the play -offs, and we achieved it with two more games. But for us it’s about building a strong team that can win,» Berhalter said after that.

Despite Miami that dominated the possession, the energy of Chicago on the counterattack repeatedly distorts Miami in the first half.

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Ivorian midfielder Dje d’Avilla led Chicago at the front from a corner in the 11th minute before an excellent goal during the break of Jonathan Dean made the score 2-0 just after half an hour.

Although Miami withdrew from Tomas Aviles in the 39th minute, another escape goal from Rominingue Kouame recovered just before half -time Chicago’s lead from Chicago.

Uruguayan veteran Suarez led a Miami-Vechtback after the break, so that a low finish was stabbed away in the 57th minute before he curled in an equalizer to bring the score to 3-3 in the 74th minute.

But the suspect defense of Miami admitted a soft goal that was applied from close by by Justin Pledger Reynolds in the 80th minute to set up Chicago with 4-3.

However, there was little that Miami was able to do about the fifth of Chicago, however, in which the American international Brian Gutierrez unleashed a rocket that flew in the upper corner from 25 meters in the 83rd minute.

Published on October 1, 2025