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INTERludes: MLS rescinds Ian Fray red card, fines Alba; fans favor Allende goal

INTERludes replaces The Daily Heron (which struggled to be daily) as a roundup of Inter Miami news gathered from a variety of sources.
ByKen Garner|
Inter Miami homegrown player Ian Fray, 22, is challenging starter Marcelo Weigandt for minutes at right back early this season.
Inter Miami homegrown player Ian Fray, 22, is challenging starter Marcelo Weigandt for minutes at right back early this season. | CHRIS ARJOON/GettyImages

Review panel overturns Fray red card, right back available for Charlotte

Inter Miami coach Javier Mascherano was furious when referee Joe Dickerson showed Ian Fray a red card Sunday after the Herons’ 4-1 win at Houston.

“I saw the video. Ian did nothing,” Mascherano told reporters after the match. “He did absolutely nothing.”

He was vindicated Thursday when the Independent Review Panel unanimously approved Inter Miami’s appeal, overturning the card and wiping out Fray’s one-match suspension and fine. Fray will be eligible to play in a key MLS regular-season match Saturday against Charlotte FC.

For more about the incident, see the ESPN.com/UK report here; MLSsoccer.com reported the panel’s decision here.

Alba fined for touching Dynamo player’s face. Meanwhile, the MLS Disciplinary Committee issued a fine against Jordi Alba for violating the league’s hands-to-the-face rule, in the same match. Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez were fined for the same violation after the New York City FC match in February.

Allende wins Goal of the Matchday. Fans selected Inter Miami newcomer Tadeo Allende’s screamer from distance as the Major League Soccer Goal of the Matchday. Allende, Mascherano’s first choice winger since arriving on loan from Real Betis, scored this screamer, his first MLS goal, in the Herons’ 4-1 win at Houston.

For more about the fans’ voting and a link to videos of all the GotM candidates, go here.

Allen claims Greek association. Rising defensive star Noah Allen recently exercised his one-time opportunity to change his FIFA national-team association from the United States to Greece.

Inter Miami II promotes Cristian Ledesma to head coach. “Lobo” played midfielder for several South American clubs and the Argentine national team. He came to Inter Miami in 2022 to coach the Inter Miami Academy’s U17 team; he was an assistant coach to former IMCF II coach Federico Higuain the past two seasons. Inter Miami II begins its MLS Next Pro season tomorrow and will represent Inter Miami in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup beginning later this month. Read more here.

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