Inter Miami vs Vancouver live updates: 2025 MLS Cup final as Lionel Messi and Muller start

That goal, and the manner of it, will be a real setback for the Whitecaps. It was an unlucky moment for Ocampo but they were carved open by a rapid Miami counter. That is not a good early sign for the visitors. The footwork of Messi in the tight space, the lofted ball from De Paul and the run from Allende were all good there.

The blood is boiling here and some of the challenges are coming out strong in the middle of the pitch. Miami's Rodriguez has gone in the books for a strong challenge

(8 min Inter Miami 1 Vancouver 0)

The offside trap is beaten and Allende scampers clear before trying to square the ball. Ocampo stretches to cut it out but ends up turning it into his own net. Miami strike first.

(5 min Inter Miami 0 Vancouver 0)

A cross comes in from the right side for Vancouver and Miami manage to block and clear it as Müller was ready to pounce inside the box.

(3mins Inter Miami 0 Vancouver 0)

Allende takes the first shot of the match, sending it over the bar from the right side of the box after Miami won the second ball inside Vancouver’s area. He comes into this final with eight goals in the play offs.

(Inter Miami 0 Vancouver 0)

This is the final match of Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba as their legendary careers near the finish line. Can they sign off with a trophy, or will Müller and the Whitecaps spoil the script?

Both teams are on the pitch and both Canadian and the United States national anthems are being played now.

The win probability sits at 50.5 percent in Inter Miami’s favour. But you never know what will happen on the pitch

Lionel Messi and Thomas Müller have met 10 times and the head to head has leaned heavily in Müller’s favour.

Müller has been on the winning side in seven of those meetings, including on the sport’s greatest stage. In 2014, Müller’s Germany beat Messi’s Argentina in the FIFA World Cup Final.

He also played a central role in one of the most famous Champions League results ever, when Müller’s Bayern humiliated Messi’s Barcelona with an 8-2 win

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USMNT boss Mauricio Pochettino is pitchside after flying in from Washington DC, where he watched yesterday’s 2026 World Cup draw and had a brief exchange with Alexi Lalas.

His predecessor Gregg Berhalter is also in attendance, with his son Sebastian starting in midfield for Vancouver today.

Thomas Muller starts...

Inter Miami’s starting eleven is without Luis Suárez once again as Javier Mascherano sticks with what’s been working.

Tadeo Allende and Mateo Silvetti will flank Lionel Messi in the attack while the Uruguayan legend again rides the bench.

What started out as a change forced on Mascherano through Suárez’s suspension has proven to be the key to unleash Miami’s attack going forward.