Suárez brace leads Miami past Chicago as Lewandowski debuts

Inter Miami returned to MLS action with a 3–2 home victory over Chicago Fire, spoiling Robert Lewandowski’s league debut. With Lionel Messi and Rodrigo De Paul resting after Argentina’s World Cup final loss, Luis Suárez captained Miami and delivered two crucial goals. Chicago struck first through a disastrous own goal by goalkeeper Rocco Rios Novo, but Suárez equalised from the spot in the twenty‑seventh minute and then put Miami ahead early in the second half, finishing a move sparked by Germán Berterame’s clever backheel.

Chicago levelled through Puso Dithejane in the sixty‑seventh minute, yet Miami found a late hero in twenty‑year‑old Preston Plambeck, who volleyed home an eighty‑seventh‑minute rebound for his first MLS goal. Lewandowski, who played sixty‑three minutes, admitted he needs time to settle after joining from Barcelona. Miami now sit second in the Eastern Conference with thirty‑four points, and coach Guillermo Hoyos said Messi and De Paul will return only when fully ready.