International Miami fined $2 million for violating roster rules in 2020

After the club was deemed to have violated the roster rules, Major League Soccer imposed fines totaling more than $2 million on International Miami.

International Miami signs Bryce Matuidi and Andres Reyes, as well as the salaries of Leandro Gonzalez Pires, Nicolas Figal and Julian Carranza The underreporting put the club into trouble in the league.

Decision is coming A few weeks after the league announced that it would investigate the club’s 2020 roster compliance, The investigation resulted in a historic fine for the second-year club.

What punishment? why?

International Miami’s penalty stems from the signing of Matuidi and Reyes. Although they should abide by the Major League Soccer’s roster rules, they have not been identified as designated players.

As a result, the club surpassed the highest threshold of the three DPs, with Gonzalo Higuain, Rudolph Pizarro and Matthias Pellegrini occupying these positions.

In addition, the club under-reported the salaries of Gonzalez Pires, Figal and Carranza, although the league will certainly clarify that none of the international Miami players have been investigated, there have been no violations, and the club is not aware of any violations. Violations.

The club was fined US$2 million, and the US$250,000 fine has been handed over to management owner Jorge Mas. In addition, the league has reduced its funding for the 2022 and 2023 seasons by $2,271,250.

MLS determined that the owners of the International Miami team Marcelo Kraul, Son Zhengyi, Jose Mars and David Beckham did not conduct any wrongdoing.

Last season, the Miami International Chief Operating Officer and Sports Director Paul McDonough (Paul McDonough) has been suspended until the end of the 2022 MLS season. McDonough was later hired as the Atlanta United Football Operations Vice President. Soon after the penalty was announced, he announced that the two sides had parted ways.

What does Garber have to say?

“The integrity of our rules is sacred and inviolable. Our club has the responsibility to comply with all league regulations. This is a basic principle of our league,” MLS Commissioner Tang Garber said.

“Our rules will not be compromised. These sanctions reflect the severity of international Miami violations. All parties should be encouraged to cooperate fully in future investigations and will act as a deterrent to club violations of the roster rules.”

What does Maas have to say?

“The International Miami Club admitted that the club violated the Major League Soccer list rules in our first season,” Maas said in a statement.

“We worked closely with MLS to resolve these issues and made major changes to our management structure. After our first season, we studied our football operations leadership team in depth and made improvements that not only strengthened our internal Roster compliance measures, hiring Chris Henderson as chief football officer and sports director in 2021 also allows us to better develop a sustainable long-term competitive strategy.

“Miami International is an ambitious club with great ambitions. We believe that our fan base, market, and ownership group drive us to become one of the most watched football teams in North America. We are committed to supporting our team and building a We are proud of the list of players we are working on.”

What should we do now?

The club has re-designated Matuidi as DP this season because he officially joined Higuain and Pizarro as one of the club’s three important players.

At the same time, Pellegrini is a strange person. The club bought out his contract and loaned him to the USL team Fort Lauderdale CF, hoping to transfer him to a European or South American team in the future.

The club scored eight points in the first seven games and currently ranks ninth in the Eastern Conference.

International Miami will host DC United on Saturday, and then the club will be closed during the FIFA International Window from June 3 to 11.

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