Suárez opens MLS account as Inter Miami edge Real Salt Lake

Luis Suárez opened his Major League Soccer campaign with a decisive late goal as Inter Miami beat Real Salt Lake 2‑0, although Lionel Messi was unable to find the net despite playing the full match. Supporters who paid premium prices for Messi’s first appearance in Salt Lake City watched the Argentine create several chances, only to be denied repeatedly by goalkeeper Rafael Cabral.

The breakthrough arrived in the eighty‑second minute when Rodrigo De Paul fired into the top‑right corner after a corner routine. One minute later, Suárez, introduced in the second half, sealed the win by finishing a loose ball following Germán Berterame’s header. De Paul praised Miami’s strong first‑half display as the team earned a second straight victory under interim coach Guillermo Hoyos. Suárez’s strike was his forty‑fourth in ninety‑three matches for Miami. The club remain second in the Eastern Conference with eighteen points, one behind Nashville, who hold a game in hand.