Leagues Cup final: Seattle Sounders smack Inter Miami 3-0, before Luis Suárez sparks a fight
Osaze De Rosario gave the Seattle Sounders an early lead with a first half goal against Inter Miami CF at Lumen Field on Sunday in Seattle. (Photo by Rich Lam/Getty Images)SEATTLE — The Seattle Sounders added more hardware to their trophy case Sunday, winning the 2025 Leagues Cup with a 3-0 victory over Inter Miami. The Sounders, who have won two MLS Cups, four U.S. Open championships and the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League, held off Miami for a dominant win in front of a sold-out crowd of 69,314.The Sounders struck first, with a goal from Osaze De Rosario in the 26th minute. De Rosario hit the header off a cross from Alex Roldan, burying it into the back of the net.AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementMiami ramped up the offensive pressure in the second half, with star forward Lionel Messi among those players missing some great looks. But in the 84th minute, Seattle doubled its lead with a penalty kick: Georgi Minoungou drew the foul, and Roldan sunk the kick to send the building shaking.[Join or create a Yahoo Fantasy Football league for the 2025 NFL season]As if that wasn't enough, Paul Rothrock sealed the victory with a goal in the 89th minute.After the match, things got heated. Luis Suárez, seemingly upset with the loss, sparked a fight, running over to a celebrating Obed Vargas — Seattle's 20-year-old star midfielder — and put him in a headlock. The contact resulted in a large scrum as players from both teams began to get in each other's faces. Suárez also appeared to spit in the face of a Sounders security guard during the altercation.AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementIt took several minutes for the two sides to separate in time for the stage to be brought out for a trophy ceremony. Once things calmed down, Seattle claimed its latest trophy, becoming the first MLS team to claim every possible North American trophy.It was the biggest and best-attended game at Lumen Field for the Sounders since the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League final, with Sunday night’s attendance of 69,314 narrowly beating that game.Seattle has long had a strong fan base: The team used to lead MLS in average attendance in the 40,000s, and though attendance has dropped since the COVID-19 pandemic, the Sounders were third in the league with around 30,000 fans per game last year.AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementPeppered throughout the Sounders green was plenty of pink, as fans of Inter Miami (or, more specifically, Messi) showed out for Messi’s first match in Seattle since joining MLS.But it was Seattle, with a raucous, friendly home environment, that came out on top.Here is how the match unfolded in real time:
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