🏆 Inter Miami crowned MLS Cup champions | OneFootball

That is a wrap on the 2025 season! Soon we head into 2026 and the chaos that the calendar change might bring.

But for now, Lionel Messi and Inter Miami are the kings of MLS, and they will remain so until somebody knocks them off their perch.

A moment perhaps lost in the chaos of the 90 minutes...

You can't help but feel this is either the culmination of a project, or the beginning of it's peak. Even with some of their superstars hanging up the boots, reports suggest Miami are prepared to remain dominant for years to come.

🏆 FULL-TIME!

Inter Miami are MLS Cup champions for the first time in club history! Messi and his mates have done it, breaking Vancouver hearts in the process!

It's time to party in South Florida!

GOAL INTER MIAMI AND THAT SHOULD DO IT!

Tadeo Allende puts Miami two goal to the good deep into stoppage-time, and that should wrap it up! Notably, that sets a new record for goals from a single player in MLS Cup playoff history!

Absolute scenes in Fort Lauderdale!

After opening the second-half with a truckload of high quality chances, Vancouver have really struggled to carve out any openings since going behind once again.

Seven minutes of stoppage time is upon us!

Vancouver are really struggling to get their foot on the ball. Miami are the masters of chopping the game up and slowing it down to a crawl.

Okay now breathe people....

As we head into the final 10 minutes, the pattern is set. Vancouver will push to salvage their chances, and Miami will look to hold on from here.

GOAL INTER MIAMI!

The hosts are back in front just 15 minutes later! A bad giveaway by Vancouver allowed Messi to play in Rodrigo De Paul, and the Argentine slotted home to put the hosts back in the lead.

And now Vancouver hit the post three times in a matter of seconds! My word, it is going off the rails in Fort Lauderdale!

GOAL VANCOUVER WHITECAPS!

The 'Caps are level before the hour mark! It had been coming after a spell of pressure and now the visitors have restored parity through Ali Ahmed!

Substitution for Inter Miami 🔃

Huge chance for Messi! Somehow the great man missed his header from inside the box after the goalkeeper missed his punch! It somehow remains a one-goal game.

Vancouver are pressing Miami deep into their own half here in the opening few minutes of the second-half. Mascherano's side will need to weather an early storm here.

The teams are back out for the second half as we're 45 minutes away from naming a new MLS Cup champion!

HALF-TIME

Inter Miami 1-0 Vancouver Whitecaps

Miami took an early lead but Vancouver have certainly looked the better of the two sides on the whole. We should be set up for a quality second-half from Fort Lauderdale.

HUGE SAVE FROM RÍOS NOVO!

Vancouver should have leveled the score after a point-blank chance fell to Emmanuel Sabbi at the back post, but the Miami keeper came up huge to keep his side in the lead as we inch towards half-time.

Vancouver are starting to really frustrate Inter Miami after winning a handful of free-kicks in and around the Miami box. The referee has been a very busy man in this opening 40 minutes.

Great chance for the Whitecaps from a set-piece but Brian White's header from close range lands right in the hands of Miami goalkeeper Rocco Ríos Novo.

After the aforementioned frantic start, Vancouver have settled into this final quite nicely, controlling most of the possession in the Miami half of the pitch. But the visitors are just probing for now.

A chance emerged on the edge of the box for Vancouver, but for some reason no Whitecap pulled the trigger to test the goalkeeper.

Penalty shout for Vancouver after Emmanuel Sabbi appeared to be taken down in the Miami box, but after a long VAR check behind the scenes nothing was given.

It's been a fairly frantic opening 20 minutes from Vancouver as they struggle to find any sort of control amid this opening blitz from the hosts.

🥊 It's safe to say these two teams do not like each other. There has been plenty of extracurricular activies after the whistle.

GOAL INTER MIAMI!!!

The deadlock is broken in the opening 10 minutes! A move started by Messi at the halfway line is eventually capped off thanks to a fortunate bounce off Vancouver defender Édier Ocampo. It's an early lead for the hosts!

Inter Miami 1-0 Vancouver Whitecaps

It's not a venue often thought about when it comes to quality atmospheres in MLS, but the vibes are high inside of Chase Stadium today.

The first big chance falls to Tadeo Allende, who has been red-hot in the MLS Cup playoffs, but the former Celta Vigo man put his effort high from the right side of the box.

The pitch is bathed in sunshine on this rare mid-day kickoff in MLS Cup.

Alright folks, buckle up. Here we go from Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale. It's Inter Miami vs Vancouver Whitecaps. It's Lionel Messi vs Thomas Müller, and we're underway!