The Inter Miami trio are certainly looking fired up but their ill-discipline has cost them early in the season.
In many ways, the 2024 MLS campaign was a successful one for Inter Miami. In the first full season with Lionel Messi and the ex-Barcelona superstars in the team, the Herons stormed the to Supporters' Shield title and broke the single-season MLS points record.
However the season came crashing to a halt in the postseason with a shock Round One loss to Atlanta United. Now, the veteran stars look ready for the fight in 2025.
This week Jordi Alba became the latest to receive a stern telling off from the league, being hit with a fine for violating the league’s "hands to the face/head/neck of an opponent policy” in last weekend’s victory over Houston Dynamo. Alba was caught with a late tackle in the dying minutes of the game and reacted sharply.
He is the latest to be punished for that exact infringement after Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez did the same the previous week. They were both fined for their roles in confrontations in Miami’s opening day dray with New York City FC.
Although they overstepped the line, the enduring competitive instinct of Messi, Suarez and Alba will have some positives for head coach Javier Mascherano ahead of a busy 2025 calendar. The top target for the Herons is, undoubtedly, MLS Cup, but there’s plenty more on the agenda.
Inter Miami will be one of two MLS representatives at the 2025 Club World Cup on home soil, while they will also be entered into the Leagues Cup. It was that MLS-Liga MX competition that Messi debuted in for the Herons and led them to victory within his first few weeks with the team.
AFerNUdI4599
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Barcelona players always behaving like touts
Talking of touts, we have Ramos with the highest number of red cards, we have Pepe who’s career was only about rough tackling to players better than him, we have Ronaldo too who took pleasure in kicking Messi in different El classicos to the point of assisting Messi in one of them, if these people aren’t the touts you just mentioned, then English has failed us
womeloprtz
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you can do well by treating the golden trio that have transformed the entire league (MLS) for good since their arrival. you guys can come back to Barcelona if the league doesn't your value, we still love you'll ❤️💙
Oh and that gives them the right to grab people by the throat?
womeloprtz
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Bull crap! Of course a slap in the wrist. If it was Ronaldo, he will be looking at 7 games ban per FIFA rules! The double standard is mind boggling
Tasbcprtz
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Barcelona players always behaving like touts
Meanwhile some former realmadidd players are bullies.. but no punishments we got this
Findrt
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This kids think they can do whatever they want
vacceklmnu
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oh my God cme to psv
sodcltyz
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Barcelona players always behaving like touts
Are they Barca players or Inter Miami? Stop hating Barca because they don’t know you exist!
lezaclmstu
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messi is the best
easy1996
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you can do well by treating the golden trio that have transformed the entire league (MLS) for good since their arrival. you guys can come back to Barcelona if the league doesn't your value, we still love you'll ❤️💙
booakprtuz
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who care when u have daddy fifa
Pumaknrtu
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Barcelona players always behaving like touts