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Deadspin | Inter Miami, Union face off without top scorers
Inter Miami and the Philadelphia Union meet on Saturday evening in Chester, Pa., but some major names — notably Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez — will be missing.
Both Messi (Argentina) and Suarez (Uruguay) are with their respective national teams ahead of Copa America as Argentina, the defending champion, and Uruguay, the 2011 winner, both seek a record 16th title in the tournament.
The success of Miami (10-3-5, 35 points) has basically hinged on the play of Messi and Suarez, who have combined for 24 goals and 18 assists. As Miami looks to maintain its hold atop the Supporters’ Shield standings amid a vigorous challenge, the onus is on the remaining players to get results despite the absence of the lethal attacking duo for what could be up to a month.
“I think we’re a mature enough group to kind of say, ‘Hey, we’re still here to compete on our level and to win these games that we have coming up while the tournaments are going on, and then when we all reconvene for after the tournament for Leagues Cup and that last part of the MLS season, that’s when we really need to push,’” Miami midfielder Julian Gressel told the Miami Herald.
Leonardo Campana (four goals in 15 matches) will be among those leading the attack for Miami in the interim.
Meanwhile, the Union (4-4-8, 20 points) are on a six-match home winless streak (0-4-2) and will be without leading scorer Daniel Gazdag, who is part of Hungary’s Euro 2024 team. They will also miss Jack Elliott, shown a red card in the Union’s 2-2 draw against CF Montreal on June 1.
Union head coach Jim Curtin on Thursday said that he appealed to the MLS disciplinary committee to rescind Elliott’s red card, but to no avail.
Curtin noted specifically that Quinn Sullivan and less experienced players like David Vazquez and Jeremy Rafanello could fill the holes left by the Union’s reduced personnel, though those decisions will be made based on the opponents and formations Philadelphia will face. “This is an opportunity for guys to step up and we need them to be ready, and the three names I said should be (available for selection on Saturday) and will be deserving and you could see us use them all,” Curtin said.
Julian Carranza, the Union’s second-leading scorer with six goals, will also be available after missing the past two matches with an ankle injury, per Curtin.
–Field Level Media
The Cleveland Browns traded for an extended right tackle, former Houston Texan Tytus Howard, at the start of free agency as they began their rebuild of the offensive line that was awful in 2025. But Howard has played every position on the offensive line except for center, so if it’s all about getting your best five on the field, which it should be, there’s a chance Howard doesn’t play at right tackle in 2026.
While doing a mock draft on Peter Schrager’s podcast, former Tennessee Titans general manager Ran Carthon had the Browns drafting Miami (FL) right tackle sixth overall. He talked about the issue with Howard, but said Mauigoa could either take over the tackle spot or be a really good guard.
Carthon said he knows that Mauigoa would be one of their best five, whether it is at guard or tackle. Some will say that a guy who may be best at guard isn’t worth the sixth overall pick, and I have to disagree. You should draft the best football players, and Francis Mauigoa is my highest-rated offensive lineman and seventh overall. It might be at guard, but I have a good feeling that Mauigoa will find a home in the NFL as a high-quality offensive lineman.
Inventory of homes and condos across the coastal Miami mainland and Miami Beach and the barrier island markets fell in the first quarter, marking the first big inventory drops since 2023.
The Corcoran Group’s first quarter reports don’t cover all of Miami-Dade County, but they offer insight into how the coastal markets, which have a higher share of luxury properties, are performing.
In Miami Beach, Sunny Isles Beach, Bal Harbour, Bay Harbor Islands, Surfside, Miami Beach, Fisher Island and Key Biscayne, single-family home inventory dropped 15 percent annually to 398 listings, and condo inventory was down 13 percent to 3,919 listings.
On Miami’s coastal mainland markets, which include Aventura, Miami Shores, Upper East Side, Edgewater, downtown Miami, Brickell, Coral Gables and Coconut Grove, inventory slipped 4 percent to 4,584 condo listings and 555 single-family listings, down 6 percent year-over-year.
Here’s a closer look at the market:
Miami Beach and the barrier islands
Single-family sales rose 13 percent year-over-year to 85 closings, the first time they have increased since the second quarter of 2024. Condo closings rose 15 percent to 693 closings, the first increase since the last quarter of 2024.
Pricing dropped, with the median price of single-family homes down 4 percent to $3.5 million and the median condo price down 9 percent to $640,000. The average price per square foot was nearly flat at $1,119.
Still, buyers set records with their purchases. Billionaire Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg paid $170 million for the waterfront mansion at 7 Indian Creek Island Road, and Starbucks billionaire Howard Schultz paid $44 million, or $7,949 per square foot, for a penthouse at the Four Seasons Residences at The Surf Club.
Coastal mainland
Sales of single-family homes on the coastal mainland rose 16 percent to 220 closings. While markets like Coral Gables experienced declines in condo and single-family home sales, Coconut Grove home sales surged — up over 100 percent for single-family homes to 47 closings and up 55 percent to 87 condo closings. Condo sales rose 13 percent to 759 closings.
The median price of single-family homes across the coastal mainland rose 11 percent to just over $2 million. The median price of condos increased slightly, up 1 percent, to $602,000.
The priciest deals in the first quarter were the $32 million trade of 12 Tahiti Beach Island Road in Coral Gables, and the $19.8 million sale of a penthouse at Vita at Grove Isle.
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