![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/philadelphia-coach-reacts-to-inter-miami-and-lionel-messi-signing-criticism-after-loss/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/0_GettyImages-1515206696.jpg&description=Lionel Messi has shined a spotlight on MLS since his arrival, but it's also put a lot of attention on Inter Miami due to their salary cap - although Jim Curtin isn't against change Inter Miami advanced to their first-ever final on Tuesday night, as new signings Lionel Messi and Jordi Alba were involved in a 4-1 win against Philadelphia Union. Miami will face Nashville SC in the Leagues Cup final on Saturday, a 47-team tournament between clubs from Major League Soccer and Liga MX. The signing of Messi has completely changed Miami and they now look unstoppable, although his arrival has led to some criticism too. MLS now has the greatest player in the world, and the exposure is doing wonders for the league that was already the fastest growing division on the planet. But unlike most leagues MLS operates under strict salary cap rules, something that Miami have been sanctioned for breaching previously. Philadelphia head coach Jim Curtin was asked about the controversy after his team lost on Tuesday night, and said: "I think the league rules are going to change. And It should. … I think that's coming." His thoughts echo Miami director Jorge Mas, who has already put pressure on MLS to rethink their ruling. Mas has pushed them to breakaway from the traditional structure used in American sports and follow the more conventional route for football around the globe. Mas believes that if MLS relax or remove their cap all together it will allow them to compete with other leagues - and Union head coach Jim Curtin agrees. Despite being dumped out of the Leagues Cup at the hands of Messi and Miami, Curtin has backed Mas's plea to MLS to alter the rules. In MLS teams are allowed to sign up to three players as a Designated Player spot, allowing them to earn more money. Miami have those spots filled by Messi, Sergio Busquets and Josef Martinez, so when they signed Alba there were questions asked about how they were going to pay him. Alba earned £15.6million ($20m) at Barcelona last seas){kind=link}
Lionel Messi has shined a spotlight on MLS since his arrival, but it’s also put a lot of attention on Inter Miami due to their salary cap – although Jim Curtin isn’t against change
Inter Miami advanced to their first-ever final on Tuesday night, as new signings Lionel Messi and Jordi Alba were involved in a 4-1 win against Philadelphia Union.
Miami will face Nashville SC in the Leagues Cup final on Saturday, a 47-team tournament between clubs from Major League Soccer and Liga MX. The signing of Messi has completely changed Miami and they now look unstoppable, although his arrival has led to some criticism too.
MLS now has the greatest player in the world, and the exposure is doing wonders for the league that was already the fastest growing division on the planet. But unlike most leagues MLS operates under strict salary cap rules, something that Miami have been sanctioned for breaching previously.
Philadelphia head coach Jim Curtin was asked about the controversy after his team lost on Tuesday night, and said: “I think the league rules are going to change. And It should. ⦠I think that’s coming.”