Vancouver has already bested Inter Miami in a big competition this year, so the Whitecaps feel there’s really no reason they can’t do it again in the MLS Cup final.

Back in late April, the Whitecaps downed Lionel Messi & Co. 5-1 on aggregate in the two-legged CONCACAF Champions Cup semifinals. The first game ended in a 2-0 Vancouver victory at B.C. Place, followed by a 3-1 win in Florida.

“We’ve just got to trust our game. We’ve gone down there before and played them here, too, this year and put on a great performance, got two really good results. So we’ve proved that we can do it when the stakes are already high in a semifinal. Now, it’s the final,” midfielder Ryan Gauld said. “So we have to go do it again.”

At that time, Vancouver was on a roll , sitting atop the league standings wi

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