On Saturday, 288 days after the 2025 MLS season began, the campaign culminates with a storybook MLS Cup: Inter Miami vs. the Vancouver Whitecaps .

The event marks the first time Lionel Messi & Co. have had an opportunity to secure the piece of silverware that the pink-clad South Floridians have craved since they signed the Argentina captain in the summer of 2023. And with upstart Vancouver, led by Germany legend Thomas Müller , on the other side of the bracket, Major League Soccer's showpiece event boasts star power it has lacked perhaps since David Beckham last wore an LA Galaxy jersey in 2012.

So, Herons vs. Whitecaps, how will it play out? ESPN turned to Lizzy Becherano and the rest of its U.S. soccer contingent to break down the matchup and predict who will win MLS Cu

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