Overview
- Kickoff is 2:30 p.m. ET, with global streaming on MLS Season Pass (Apple TV) and U.S. coverage also on FOX, Fox Deportes, FOX Sports App, FOXsports.com, FOX Network and fuboTV.
- Inter Miami earned home field by finishing the regular season with 65 points to Vancouver’s 63 under MLS’s higher‑seed hosting rule.
- Lionel Messi enters after winning the MLS Golden Boot with 29 goals in 28 league matches and adding six goals in five playoff games.
- Vancouver arrives led by Thomas Müller, a midseason signing reported with eight goals in 11 matches, and previously defeated Miami in both Concacaf Champions Cup semifinals this year.
- If the match is tied after 90 minutes, two 15‑minute extra periods will be played and, if necessary, a penalty shootout will decide the champion.