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Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez Braces Thrill MLS Fans as Inter Miami Crush Orlando City

Florida belongs to Inter Miami.

Led by Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez braces, Inter Miami annihilated Orlando City, 5-0 on Saturday.

It was quite a night for Suárez, who opened his MLS account and added two assists on the evening, while Messi was up to his usual tricks:

When the club brought Messi's former Barcelona teammate to South Beach, this was the type of performance it was surely envisioning, and the duo didn't disappoint.

That had MLS fans and pundits alike more than a little impressed on social media:

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Messi and Suarez toying with Orlando I fear

The duo will face far tougher competition in league play this year, certainly, but one of the fears regarding Suárez was that the 37-year-old may have understandably lost a step or two.