{"id":59846,"date":"2025-12-06T23:00:48","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T23:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/lionel-messi-inter-miami-win-first-ever-mls-cup-title-defeating-vancouver-whitecaps-3-1\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T23:00:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T23:00:48","slug":"lionel-messi-inter-miami-win-first-ever-mls-cup-title-defeating-vancouver-whitecaps-3-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/lionel-messi-inter-miami-win-first-ever-mls-cup-title-defeating-vancouver-whitecaps-3-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionel Messi, Inter Miami win first-ever MLS Cup title, defeating Vancouver Whitecaps 3-1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-0\">\n  <!-- lil observer --><br \/>\n      <span class=\"content__observer-marker content__observer-marker--fixed lazyload\"\/><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body\">\n<p>Lionel Messi&#8217;s legacy was long secured when he came to Inter Miami and joined Major League Soccer. He&#8217;d won a World Cup, won dozens of trophies, was generally considered the greatest player in the sport&#8217;s history.<\/p>\n<p>He didn&#8217;t need an MLS Cup. But he wanted one \u2014 and got it.<\/p>\n<p>Messi and Inter Miami have completed their ascent, beating the Vancouver Whitecaps 3-1 on Saturday in the MLS Cup final for the franchise&#8217;s first championship. It came 2 1\/2 years after the legend arrived in South Florida, a move that stunned plenty of onlookers at the time. \u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/06\/449cff57-8811-4f8a-b933-b48a40d53192\/thumbnail\/620x414\/db8867cbdd6dac3d713cfe30d08ddaf3\/gettyimages-2250404649.jpg#\" alt=\"Lionel Messi \" height=\"414\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/06\/449cff57-8811-4f8a-b933-b48a40d53192\/thumbnail\/620x414\/db8867cbdd6dac3d713cfe30d08ddaf3\/gettyimages-2250404649.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/06\/449cff57-8811-4f8a-b933-b48a40d53192\/thumbnail\/1240x828\/bed2f3368e6bc24a2c2f689b8df3c027\/gettyimages-2250404649.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Lionel Messi of Inter Miami CF celebrates winning the MLS Cup Final over the Vancouver Whitecaps FC at Chase Stadium on Dec. 6, 2025, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Rich Storry \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He set up the title-clinching goal with a 72nd-minute assist to Rodrigo De Paul, a play where Messi stole the ball and threaded a pass through a tiny gap in a wall of Vancouver defenders. De Paul got it in stride, pushed it into the far corner of the net \u2014 and Messi went airborne to hop into his arms a few seconds later, all smiles.<\/p>\n<p>And as the final minutes ticked away, Inter Miami&#8217;s pink-clad fans \u2014 most wearing Messi&#8217;s No. 10 on their backs \u2014 stood and stomped and cheered. South Florida has seen NFL and NBA and Major League Baseball and NHL titles in the past.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a soccer town now, too. Messi made that happen. Tadeo Allende scored in the sixth minute of stoppage time \u2014 off another Messi assist, of course \u2014 to make it 3-1.<\/p>\n<p>Inter Miami became the 16th franchise in the league&#8217;s 30-year history to win an MLS title. And this extends a run of parity for MLS, which has seen five different franchises win championships in the last five years and eight franchises claim a title in the last nine seasons \u2014 only Columbus has won twice in that span.<\/p>\n<p><em>CBS Miami will have a streaming special with all the postgame analysis and fan reaction right after the match on the CBS News Miami stream and Pluto TV.<\/em><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n        <\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/inter-miami-cf-vancouver-whitecaps-fc-2025-mls-cup-final-score-recap-messi-muller\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lionel Messi&#8217;s legacy was long secured when he came to Inter Miami and joined Major League Soccer. 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