Lionel Messi’s referee confrontation in tunnel did not violate policy, MLS says

Miami star confronted officials in a doorway after 3-0 loss League determined area was not off-limits to players MLS has suspended players for entering officials’ room Major League Soccer has cleared Inter Miami captain Lionel Messi of wrongdoing after the Argentine star appeared to pursue match officials as they entered a doorway within the LA Coliseum after Miami’s season-opening loss on Saturday evening. In a video posted to X by Síntesis Deportes reporter Giovanni Guerrero, Messi appea...

By Jeff Rueter and Pablo Iglesias Maurer