Argentine star Lionel Messi, at left talking to Miami teammate Yannick Bright, was fined an undisclosed amount by MLS on Friday for violating league policy on making contact with the head and neck area of an opponent in a match against Philadelphia Credit: Isaiah Vazquez / Getty Images via AFP

Major League Soccer fined Inter Miami’s Argentine superstar Lionel Messi an undisclosed amount on Friday for slapping Philadelphia’s Quinn Sullivan on the back of the neck in the clubs’ 2-2 draw on Wednesday.

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