SAN DIEGO (AP) — Brian White scored twice in the first half and the Vancouver Whitecaps beat expansion side San Diego FC 3-1 on Saturday night to win the Western Conference for the first time.

Jesper Sørensen’s Whitecaps will head to Florida to play Lionel Messi and Inter Miami for the MLS Cup on Dec. 6. Inter Miami won the Eastern Conference with a 5-1 victory over visiting New York City FC earlier Saturday. Both clubs are playing in the final for the first time.

White staked Vancouver to a 1-0 lead in the 8th minute and the Whitecaps took a two-goal lead three minutes later on an own goal by San Diego keeper Pablo Sisniega

Andrés Cubas and Ali Ahmed collected assists on White’s first netter this postseason.

Ahmed sent a shot on goal that Sisniega saved, but Manu Duah tried to clear i

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