Luis Suarez spent most of his first two months in Major League Soccer hobbling, literally.
He hobbled out of Inter Miami’s training facility on the first day of preseason. He hobbled around fields in Saudi Arabia and Japan, in Southern California and Florida. He hobbled because his right knee is falling apart, because pain is shooting through his 37-year-old body, and so, naturally, pundits wondered whether MLS would ever see the generational striker who devoured soccer’s toughest leagues for nearly two decades.
Suarez answered those questions Saturday in Inter Miami’s 5-0 romp over Orlando City.
He answered with two trademark goals, two assists and a joyous chuckle.
He answered with his typical fire, and with a performance that overshadowed two Lionel Messi goals, including one scored with his chest.
Suarez answered all sorts of doubts, and, well, of course he did. Of coursehe will devour MLS, like he did Uruguay’s Primera and Holland’s Eredivisie, like …