Inter Miami forwards Luis Suarez, left, and Lionel Messi, right, arrive for a friendly soccer match against Newell's Old Boys, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
FILE - Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber speaks during a ceremony honoring Inter Miami's Lionel Messi's Ballon d'Or trophy, before Inter Miami's club friendly soccer match against New York City FC, Nov. 10, 2023, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Garber outlined the MLS' successes in an interview last week with The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
FILE - FC Dallas forward Jesús Ferreira, front, controls the ball against Los Angeles FC during the first half of an MLS soccer match June 23, 2021, in Los Angeles. Ferreira was the team's top scorer last year with 12 goals and six assists in league play. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
FILE - FC Cincinnati midfielder Luciano Acosta, right, controls the ball during the first half of the team's U.S. Open Cup soccer semifinal against Inter Miami, Aug. 23, 2023, in Cincinnati. Acosta was named the MLS' Most Vlauable Player with 17 goals and 14 assists. He also won Goal of the Year for his clinical right-footed goal against Charlotte after running through a series of defenders. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel, File)
FILE - Inter Miami forward Lionel Messi (10) controls the ball during the second half of a Leagues Cup soccer match against Cruz Azul, July 21, 2023, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Messi Mania returns to Major League Soccer as Messi embarks on his first full season with Inter Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
FILE - Argentina's Thiago Almada, right, controls the ball while pursued by Uruguay's Fredy Martínez, left, during South America's under-23 pre-Olympic tournament soccer match at Misael Delgado stadium in Valencia, Venezuela, Feb. 2, 2024. The MLS is a proving ground for young international players., including the reigning Young Player of the Year, Atlanta United's Almada, who was on Argentina's winning 2022 World Cup squad and is just 22. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)
FILE - United States midfielder Eryk Williamson, left, takes control of the ball from Serbia midfielder Milos Pantovic (11) during the second half of an international friendly soccer match in Los Angeles, Jan. 25, 2023. Portland Timbers' Williamson say's he is fully healthy after a few seasons impacted by injury. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)
FILE - Inter Miami's Luis Suarez controls the ball during the first half of a preseason friendly MLS soccer match against FC Dallas, Jan. 22, 2024, at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. Messi Mania returns to Major League Soccer as Lionel Messi embarks on his first full season with Inter Miami. But this year, there is a twist. The team signed Suarez in the offseason, reuniting the two close friends. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
FILE - Los Angeles FC forward Denis Bouanga controls the ball against the LA Galaxy during the first half of an MLS playoff soccer match Oct. 20, 2022, in Los Angeles. Bouanga collected the 2023 MLS Golden Boot with 20 goals. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)
FILE - Referee Tori Penso, second from right; fourth official Felisha Mariscal, second from left; and assistant referees Brooke Mayo, left, and Corey Rockwell, right, walk onto the field before the Vancouver Whitecaps and Colorado Rapids played in an MLS soccer match Saturday, April 29, 2023, in Vancouver, British Columbia. Major League Soccer will lock out referees after its union rejected a tentative contract, putting Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami on track to open the season next week with replacement officials. The Professional Soccer Referees Association said Saturday, Feb 17, 2023, in a statement that the tentative agreement lacked a sufficient economic package and quality-of-life improvements. The league said PRO will lock out the union on Sunday. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP, File)