Overview
- Kickoff is Saturday at 2:30 p.m. ET at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, with free streaming on Apple TV and broadcast on Fox; the production will integrate live iPhone 17 Pro Max footage alongside more than 30 cameras.
- Inter Miami arrive in explosive form with 17 goals in five playoff games after Mascherano benched Luis Suárez for 19-year-old Mateo Silvetti and installed Rocco Ríos Novo in goal.
- Vancouver’s attack has been boosted by August signing Thomas Müller, and the Whitecaps cite April’s 5-1 aggregate win over Miami in the CONCACAF Champions Cup as context even as both staffs say this is a different matchup now.
- The game doubles as a send-off for Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquets in their final professional match and as Miami’s last outing at Chase Stadium before moving to Miami Freedom Park in 2026.
- Star power spans four World Cup winners on the field — Messi, Müller, Busquets and Rodrigo De Paul — while Miami winger Tadeo Allende missed a training session this week with a fever without being ruled out.