Overview
- Kickoff is Saturday, Dec. 6 at 2:30 p.m. ET at Chase Stadium, with coverage on FOX, Fox Deportes and Apple TV’s MLS Season Pass.
- Miami’s run features 17 goals in five playoff games as Javier Mascherano’s tweaks—Rodrigo De Paul’s addition, Luis Suárez moving to the bench and Mateo Silvetti’s rise—have rebalanced the attack.
- Vancouver reached their first MLS Cup after adding Thomas Müller in summer and previously eliminated Miami 5-1 on aggregate in April’s CONCACAF Champions Cup, though both teams say this is a different matchup now.
- Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquets will retire after the final, which also serves as Inter Miami’s last game at Chase Stadium before the move to Miami Freedom Park, and hosts have won 10 of the past 13 MLS Cups.
- A World Cup winner is guaranteed to lift MLS Cup for the first time in league history, with Messi and Müller joined by Sergio Busquets and Rodrigo De Paul among the champions on the field.