Overview
- Kickoff is 2:30 p.m. ET at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, with live coverage on FOX and streaming on Apple TV’s MLS Season Pass.
- Both clubs make their first MLS Cup appearance as they chase a maiden Philip F. Anschutz Trophy.
- Messi enters the final leading MLS with 29 goals and a record 13 playoff goal contributions, underscoring Miami’s surge under Javier Mascherano.
- Vancouver’s attack has been transformed since Thomas Müller joined in August, and he downplayed their odds this week by asking if their chance to win was “10%? 20? Or less?”
- Vancouver eliminated Miami 5-1 on aggregate in the Concacaf Champions Cup semifinals earlier this year, and today doubles as Miami’s final game at Chase Stadium and the last club match for Alba and Busquets.