Inter Miami midfielder Rodrigo De Paul, left celebrates with forward Luis Suárez (9) after scoring a goal during the first half of a Leagues Cup soccer match against Puma UNAM, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Inter Miami forward Lionel Messi, left, sits with his wife Antonela Roccuzzo, right, before a Leagues Cup soccer match against Pumas UNAM, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Inter Miami forward Tadeo Allende (21) attempts a shot on the goal as Pumas UNAM defender Ruben Duarte (5) defends during the first half of a Leagues Cup soccer match, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Pumas UNAM midfielder Jorge Ruvalcaba (17), right, scores a goal against Inter Miami goalkeeper Rocco RÃos Novo (34) during the first half of a Leagues Cup soccer match, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
The ball gets past Pumas UNAM Goalkeeper Miguel Paul (181) on a goal scored by Inter Miami midfielder Rodrigo De Paul, not shown, during the first half of a Leagues Cup soccer match, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Luis Suárez leads Inter Miami to 3-1 win over Pumas in Leagues Cup
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Luis Suárez scored and had two assists, and Inter Miami beat Pumas 3-1 on Wednesday night to advance in the Leagues Cup.
Inter Miami midfielder Rodrigo De Paul, left celebrates with forward Luis Suárez (9) after scoring a goal during the first half of a Leagues Cup soccer match against Puma UNAM, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Luis Suárez scored and had two assists, and Inter Miami beat Pumas 3-1 on Wednesday night to advance in the Leagues Cup.
Miami played the match without Lionel Messi, who is with what the team described as a minor muscle injury in his right leg.
in the opening minutes of Inter Miami’s win over Necaxa on Saturday. He was in attendance for Wednesday’s match and watched from a suite at Chase Stadium.
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Miami, which has eight points in the Major League Soccer Leagues Cup standings, is the first MLS club through to the tournament’s knockout stages.
Rodrigo De Paul scored his first Inter Miami goal on an assist from Suárez in the 45th, tying the match after Pumas’ Jorge Ruvalcaba opened scoring in the 34th.
De Paul, the star Argentine midfielder who came to MLS to play with his national team friend Messi, made his club debut in Inter Miami’s League’s Cup opener against Atlas last Wednesday and had two assists against Necaxa.
Suárez put Inter Miami ahead 2-1 when he converted a penalty kick in the 59th after a handball was called on Pumas defender JoseÌ Caicedo in the penalty area.
It was Suárez first goal since he scored in Inter Miami’s Club World Cup match against Palmeiras on June 23.
Tadeo Allende finished Suárez’s second assist of the night in the 69th.
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