The former Liverpool striker spat at a Seattle Sounders staff member after Inter Miami lost the Leagues Cup final 3-0 on Sunday.
Suarez, 38, could see his ban run across multiple seasons as he has been suspended for six Leagues Cup games.The suspension will come into action from next season when the 2026 competition starts.However, if Inter Miami do not reach the semi-finals, then Suarez’s ban will run into the 2027 edition and beyond.The tournament is a maximum of six games as each team plays three games in a league phase before a knockout phase.
Inter Miami would need to make sure they play in either the final or the third-place play-off for the Uruguayan to be available for the following year.If the team failed to make it out of the league phase, then Suarez would not be able to play in it again until 2028.
The ban does not apply to MLS games but reports have suggested he could be sanctioned by the separate competition.Suarez was not the only one to be banned following their roles in the melee after the match.
Suarez was not the only one to be banned following their roles in the melee after the match.
Former Barcelona star Sergio Busquets has been banned for two matches.The midfielder appeared to throw a punch at Seattle Sounders’ Obed Vargas during the brawl.
Tomas Aviles has also been banned for three matches for Inter Miami.Sounders coach Steven Lenhart has been banned for five matches.All four of them have also been fined.Suarez has already apologised for his actions as he posted on social media on Thursday.
He wrote: “Things happened right after the match that shouldn’t have happened, but that doesn’t justify my reaction.”
I was wrong and I sincerely regret it.”It’s not the image I want to portray, neither to my family, who are suffering because of my mistakes, nor to my club, which doesn’t deserve to be affected by something like this.”
