New York, Sept. 6 -- Inter Miami forward Luis Suarez has been banned for six matches for spitting on a Seattle Sounders staff member after the Leagues Cup final, organizers said on Friday.
The incident occurred during a scuffle that followed the Sounders' title-clinching 3-0 win over the Florida outfit in Seattle last Sunday.
In a statement, the Leagues Cup Organizing Committee said it also banned Inter Miami's Sergio Busquets and Tomas Aviles for two and three games, respectively, for violent conduct during the melee. Sounders assistant coach Steven Lenhart was handed a five-game suspension for his role in the fracas.
Suarez's punishment means he will miss next year's Leagues Cup in full, and because the group stage guarantees only thre...