Overview
- Kickoff is 2:30 p.m. ET at Chase Stadium with coverage on MLS Season Pass on Apple TV, plus Fox and Fox Deportes in the U.S.
- Both clubs reach their first MLS Cup final, guaranteeing a first-time champion for the league.
- Miami hosts by virtue of finishing with more regular-season points than Vancouver (65 to 63), and home teams have won 11 of the past 14 finals.
- Inter Miami enters with surging playoff form led by Lionel Messi and 17 postseason goals, while Vancouver carries confidence from April’s 5-1 aggregate win over Miami in the Concacaf Champions Cup.
- If Vancouver prevails, Thomas Müller would be the first player to win both a FIFA World Cup and the MLS Cup; Miami’s veterans chase a different milestone in their final outing together.