Inter Miami vs Vancouver live updates: MLS Cup 2025 latest with Lionel Messi to star today

In their last home game of 2025, the Vancouver Whitecaps played in front of over 53,000 fans. They rewarded their faithful by staving off a fellow title contender with a heroic and emotional playoff performance, embodying everything a league should want to see when it comes to the connection between club and city. The scenes were organic and authentic. The Whitecaps may be the best story in MLS this season.

And yet, even if they win a championship, that story could have a drastic and dire ending.

A perpetually middle-of-the-pack side, the Whitecaps have been one of the best teams in the league from start to finish. They took out Lionel Messi and Inter Miami and multiple Mexican clubs on their springtime run to the Concacaf Champions Cup final. On Saturday, they’ll get another shot to shock the greatest player of all time and his club in MLS Cup.

It’s been a historic year in nearly every respect. And it’s all happened with the team up for sale and, potentially soon, homeless.