Luis Suarez, Sergio Busquets start scuffle after Inter Miami's Leagues Cup final loss Safid Deen, USA TODAY September 1, 2025 at 6:04 AM Luis Suarez appeared to spit on an opposing team's staff member, while Sergio Busquets punched an opposing player in a postgame scuffle, following Inter Miami's 30...

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Safid Deen, USA TODAY September 1, 2025 at 6:04 AM

Luis Suarez appeared to spit on an opposing team's staff member, while Sergio Busquets punched an opposing player in a postgame scuffle, following Inter Miami's 3-0 loss to the Seattle Sounders in the 2025 Leagues Cup final on Sunday, Aug. 31.

Suarez, 38, aggressively put his left arm around the back of the neck of 20-year-old Seattle Sounders player Obed Vargas after the final whistle was blown.

Seattle defender Yéimar Gomez Andrade, 33, helped disengage Suarez from Vargas, who began celebrating the Leagues Cup victory with 21-year-old teammate Cody Baker in front of him before Busquets, 37, landed a punch on Vargas's chin.

Vargas flopped onto the pitch as Baker engaged in a heated exchange with Busquets after the punch.

Inter Miami's Maxi Falcon, 28, attempted to pull Baker away from Busquets, ending in Falcon putting Baker in a headlock, while Yéimar attempted to pull his teammate away.

Inter Miami defenders Marcelo Weigandt (25 years old) and Tomás Avilés (21 years old) — who did not play in the final — also appeared to physically engage with Seattle defender Jackson Ragen, 26, during the scuffle.

The brief, but ugly sequence following the match ended with Suarez appearing to bump and spit on a Seattle staff member. USA TODAY Sports reached out to Seattle and Leagues Cup officials to identify the person, but did not receive a response at the time of publication.

"Unfortunately, that is going to take some of the attention away from what was a great Sounder performance," longtime Seattle coach Brian Schmetzer said of the incident during his press conference after the match.

"So, I can take that as a compliment, that their players were frustrated, and frustrations led to some things that shouldn't happen on the field, but that shouldn't be the story. I'm going to shut that down."

Tensions were tempered as both clubs remained on the pitch for the postgame trophy celebration.

Inter Miami coach Javier Mascherano said he was far from the incident during his postgame interview.

"Clearly, none of us like to see this kind of behavior at the end of the game. Also, when there's a reaction, it could be that there was provocation. But I'm not going to comment because I don't know what happened," Mascherano said after the loss.

Schmetzer was complimentary of Inter Miami after the match, saying he had a quiet moment with star Lionel Messi on the pitch.

"I said 'Lo siento' (I'm sorry), and we talked, and we tried to push it aside," Schmetzer said of his interaction with Messi.

July 16: Minnesota United's Kelvin Yeboah (right) and Los Angeles FC's Sergi Palencia (14) compete for the ball during the first half at Allianz Field. LAFC won the game, 1-0.

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Schmetzer also said Inter Miami co-owner Sir David Beckham waited in the tunnel after the match to shake the hands of the Seattle players. They also shared a conversation before the match.

"That is class through and through," Schmetzer said of Beckham.

Schmetzer also praised Mascherano and Inter Miami co-owner Jorge Mas after his conversations with them before the final.

"Those are people that have been at the highest levels of our sport giving our team compliments, and that's the story," Schmetzer said. "That's the story."

Osaze De Rosario (26'), Álex Roldán (84') and Seattle native Paul Rothrock (89') scored for the Sounders in the victory over Messi and Inter Miami.

Both clubs will meet again during an MLS regular-season match at Inter Miami on Sept. 16.

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No. 10 Miami boots late field goal to edge No. 6 Notre Dame Field Level MediaSeptember 1, 2025 at 6:12 AM Aug 31, 2025; Miami Gardens, Florida, USA; Miami Hurricanes place kicker Carter Davis (39) kicks the game winning field goal against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Hard Rock Stadium.

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Aug 31, 2025; Miami Gardens, Florida, USA; Miami Hurricanes place kicker Carter Davis (39) kicks the game winning field goal against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Hard Rock Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images (Sam Navarro-Imagn Images)

Carter Davis kicked a 47-yard field goal with 1:04 remaining, Carson Beck passed for two touchdowns in his Miami debut and the No. 10 Hurricanes never trailed while recording a 27-24 victory over No. 6 Notre Dame on Sunday night in the season opener for both teams at Miami Gardens, Fla.

CJ Daniels made an acrobatic touchdown grab and Malachi Toney had six receptions for 82 yards and one score for the Hurricanes. CharMar Brown tacked on a rushing score and Rueben Bain had a key interception for Miami.

Redshirt freshman CJ Carr was 19-of-30 passing for 221 yards, two touchdowns and one interception and also rushed for a score in his first career start for Notre Dame. Micah Gilbert and Jordan Faison had scoring receptions for the Fighting Irish.

Star running back Jeremiyah Love had just 33 yards on 10 carries for Notre Dame, which lost to Ohio State in last season's national championship game.

Beck, who transferred from Georgia, completed 12 in a row at one point and finished 20 of 31 for 205 yards.

After the Fighting Irish scored 10 straight points to tie it at 24, Miami moved 46 yards on 10 plays and Davis showed good length with his boot through the uprights to put the Hurricanes ahead.

Miami's pass rush then kicked into a higher gear by forcing an intentional grounding -- that resulted in a 10-second runoff -- and notching a sack to finish off the victory.

The Fighting Irish made it a one-score game when Noah Burnette booted a 39-yard field goal with 5:32 remaining to cut their deficit to 24-17.

Notre Dame forced a three-and-out to quickly get the ball back. On the first play, Miami had a breakdown in coverage and Eli Raridon (five catches, 97 yards) was wide open at midfield and raced to the 10-yard line to complete a 65-yard play.

Two plays later, Carr scored on a 7-yard quarterback draw to tie the score with 3:21 to play.

Miami led 14-7 at halftime before opening the third quarter with a stellar 12-play, 75-yard drive that took seven minutes, 37 seconds. Brown finished the excursion with a 5-yard run to give the Hurricanes a 14-point advantage.

The Fighting Irish moved within seven on the first play of the final quarter when Carr tossed a 1-yard scoring pass in the right flat to Faison.

Notre Dame got the ball back less than three minutes later but Miami's Keionte Scott tipped a pass thrown toward the sideline and two other players -- one from each team -- deflected the ball before Bain collected it and returned it 15 yards to the Fighting Irish 28.

The takeaway set up a 38-yard field goal by Davis as the Hurricanes took a 24-14 lead with 9:42 remaining.

Miami scored with 12 seconds left in the first half on Beck's 20-yard pass to Daniels, who leaped and caught the ball with his right hand to give the Hurricanes a 14-7 lead.

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1 / 5Notre Dame Miami FootballNotre Dame quarterback CJ Carr (13) throws during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Miami, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — There were a couple things going through Marcus Freeman's head when he saw CJ Carr scampering around to extend the play then finding receiver Micah Gilbert in the end zone for the quarterback's first collegiate touchdown.

"Throw it away! Throw it away! Throw it away!" Freeman, Notre Dame's head coach, recalled repeating in his head after the game. "I couldn't see exactly what was going on. I watched him spin out. And usually when you're feeling pressure it's like, 'Throw the ball the away! Don't throw the ball across our body! He kept his eyes down field and made a play.

"We don't draw them up like that. But those are plays that CJ Carr can make."

Carr had an uneven performance in No. 6 Notre Dame's 27-24 loss to No. 10 Miami on Sunday night, but that touchdown pass — which tied it at 7 in the second quarter — was an example of the playmaking ability that won the freshman quarterback the starting job. And that gave Freeman confidence in Carr's ability to respond strongly to Sunday's loss, and potentially lead Notre Dame back to the national title game.

Carr hadn't thrown a collegiate pass before Sunday — he appeared in one game last year, mop-up duty in a 66-7 rout at Purdue — but nearly helped the Fighting Irish rally from a 14-point deficit against the Hurricanes. The 20-year-old finished 19 of 30 for 221 yards with two touchdown passes and an interception, along with a rushing score with 3:21 left that tied the game.

"His ceiling is so high," Freeman said. "He's going to have to take this loss and not let it eat at him too much. He's a gamer. He performs when the lights are on. He prepares his tail off. He's going to do great things. It's just the start for him."

Freeman said part of the offensive gameplan was to create easy decisions and throws to help Carr establish a rhythm, heavily leaning on the run-pass option. Freeman added that Carr was making the right reads on the RPOs early, but as the game went on, the young quarterback needed to hand the ball to dynamic running back Jeremiyah Love to help establish the run game.

Love, who many believe will be the centerpiece to Notre Dame's offense, finished with 10 carries for 33 yards and caught four passes for 26 yards, but there were times in the game that he was barely involved in the offense. The Fighting Irish were outgained on the ground 119-93.

"I need to continue to get a better feel for what our offense needs at the moment," Carr said. "A lot of the time, it's going to be Jeremiyah Love. On the pick, I should have just given him the ball. It cost us."

Carr this year replaces former Notre Dame quarterback Riley Leonard, who led the Irish to 13 straight wins last season before falling 34-23 to Ohio State in the CFP national championship game. Leonard was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in April.

He's from a family with a rich football pedigree — his father, Jason, was a quarterback at Michigan — and he knows how to respond to a loss.

"Tonight wasn't good enough out of me specifically," Carr said. "We've got to get better. My dad always said the only way to get rid of a loss is with a win."

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