It was the stars and big names of Inter Miami against the blue collar mentality of Vancouver. Miami has Messi, Luis Suarez, Sergio Busquets and Luis Suarez. Mascherano himself is a name that still resonates loudly in the football world. The Whitecaps star man? American center forward Brian White, as unheralded a hero as they come.

On a regular matchday, the cavernous upper bowl of Vancouver’s BC Place sits silent. Yet, it’s a sleeping giant of North America’s sporting theatres, roaring to

A Major League Soccer club is guaranteed to be in the Concacaf Champions Cup semifinals as Inter Miami will travel to take on the Vancouver Whitecaps in the first leg of the semifinals. The two best sides in MLS will clash to see who will meet Tigres or Cruz Azul,