Overview
- Lionel Messi started the Campeones Cup final and scored a header around the 23rd minute to put Inter Miami 1-0 ahead at the Nu Stadium.
- Cristian 'Kily' González made his first match in charge of Inter Miami after U.S. work-permit issues were cleared earlier in the week.
- Cruz Azul’s planned Monday flight from AIFA failed and the club flew to Miami on Tuesday, leaving the team with just one on-site training session before kickoff.
- Cruz Azul coach Joel Huiqui and midfielder Erik Lira publicly downplayed the travel disruption and framed the match as an opportunity to face Messi.
- The Campeones Cup is an annual single-game contest between the MLS Cup winner and Liga MX’s Campeón de Campeones and was carried across Apple TV (MLS Season Pass) and Mexican broadcasters including TUDN, Canal 5, Imagen Televisión and ViX.