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.

Lionel Messi has now made 50 appearances for Inter Miami and we’ve compared his stats with Cristiano Ronaldo’s at Al-Nassr after the same number of matches. Since leaving Europe in 2023, Messi has continued to produce the goods in the United States and regularly delivers moments of magic.