MLS is playing a seriously dangerous game with Luis Suárez | OneFootball

After the Leagues Cup final, MLS must decide what they want from a league. They are desperate to sign big names from Europe and other countries that will play in the US. It was once looked at as a retirement league for big names in the sport. When Messi signed with Miami, the league bent its rules to allow Miami to sign players Messi has played with in the past.

As these players age, Miami will struggle to compete with younger teams that play together, much like the 3-0 beat down that Seattle gave them in route to winning the cup title.

It wasn't a beatdown because Seattle dominated every aspect of the game, because they didn't. Messi was still Messi and created several opportunities to score, but it wasn't his night. Classifying it as a beatdown stems from the reaction of the Miami players after the match.

Suarez is not a good person and has demonstrated that time and again. FIFA has increased his penalties and suspensions over the years and his low-light reel consists of 3 bites, racial remarks, and now spitting on a member of the Sounders' head of security, as well as putting Obed Vargas in a headlock after the match that sparked a whole lot of ugliness from the Miami team.

Busquets punched Obed Vargas in the face with a sucker punch, punches were also thrown at Seattle defender Jackson Ragan, who was trying to separate players. Seattle was defensive, and protected each other, while Suarez complained to an official before spitting on a person who wasn't even looking at him. Several Miami players looked ashamed as it was happening, and Messi stood off to the side having a conversation with Christian Roldan.

This wasn't Miami's first post-game altercation started by Suarez, so at what point does the league decide that they don't want him in the league. His goal scoring is down and his running is labored, but he does make Messi more effective, and the MLS has invested a lot into selling Messi.

They bent rules so that Miami could bring in the players that Messi wanted, including Busquets and Suarez. In the long run, this kind of reaction to losing, will cost the MLS future signings because the league appears spineless and unable to protect players from unwarranted violence.

For monetary reasons, it is unlikely that FIFA or the MLS will sanction Suarez even though his ban should have come after the second incident with biting. Seattle has earned the role of the dominant team in MLS, and they earned the Leagues Cup title.

What was unexpected was that they would outclass a team comprised of worldly veterans who once again disgraced the sport. The reality is that there should be no place for that conduct in sports, but Miami has gotten away with it time and again. It is sickening to watch, disgraceful and shameful, and makes a mockery of the league. Is that what FIFA and the MLS want as long as they can sell more Messi jerseys?