It all comes down to this.
The 2025 MLS Cup Final will feature two teams seeking historic firsts while being led by some of the sport's best to ever do it.
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On one side is Lionel Messi and Inter Miami . It wasn't the best regular season for the team coming off a 2024 Supporters' Shield win, but they would happily trade their current positioning compared to last year's shocking first-round upset.
Led by Messi, Miami also boasts Luis Suarez, Jordi Alba, Sergio Busquets, Rodrigo De Paul and the rising Tadeo Allende, who scored a hat-trick in last week's 5-1 Eastern Conference Final dispatching of NYCFC .
Alba and Busquets are also playing their last professional games as they are hanging up the cleats after t

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