MIAMI — Vancouver Whitecaps FC advanced to the 2025 Concacaf Champions Cup Final after a 3-1 win, 5-1 on aggregate, against Inter Miami CF in the second leg of their semifinal series on Wednesday at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.
Jordi Alba opened the scoring in the 9’ with a left-footed strike from the left side of the box. Luis Suarez supplied the assist after a long ball from Lionel Messi in midfield.
Brian White tied the encounter in the 51’, connecting in the box off a pass from Sebastian Berhalter. The goal marked a fifth for White in the campaign and restored a two-goal lead for Vancouver in the aggregate.
Pedro Vite struck from the top of the box to give the visitors a 2-1 lead in the 53’, and 4-1 on aggregate. Berhalter collected his second assist of the night in the process.
Sebastian Berhalter added a third for Whitecaps FC in the 71’ to make it a four-goal lead on aggregate and make a comeback an insurmountable task for the hosts.
After winning the first leg, 2-nil, last Thursday at BC Place in Canada, Whitecaps FC extended its lead to a 5-1 win on aggregate. White and Berhalter scored in consecutive encounters.
Vancouver Whitecaps FC await the winner of Cruz Azul and Tigres UANL, a series that will be decided on Thursday, in the 2025 Concacaf Champions Cup Final.
Post-Match Data
Vancouver Whitecaps are the second team in the modern era of the Concacaf
Champions Cup (since 2008) to score at least two away goals in the round of 16, quarter-final and semi-final of a single tournament along with Monterrey in 2021, who wenton to be crowned champions.
● Vancouver Whitecaps are the third Canadian team to reach the final of the Concacaf Champions Cup in the modern era (since 2008). Montreal reached the final in 2015 as did Toronto FC in 2018, though both came up short against Mexican opponents.
● Vancouver Whitecaps have gone behind in each of their last three away matches in the Concacaf Champions Cup but came back to avoid defeat each time (W1 D2). The Whitecaps are the first team since 2016-17 to come from behind to avoid defeat in three straight Concacaf Champions Cup away matches.
● Brian White has scored five goals in this season’s Concacaf Champions Cup, tied for second most in the competition (Cruz Azul’s Ángel Sepúlveda – 6). Four different players have recorded an assist on White’s goals (one unassisted).
● Sebastian Berhalter (1 goal, 2 assists) is the first Vancouver Whitecaps player to record three goal contributions in a single Concacaf Champions Cup match since Cristian Techera vs. Central FC in 2016 (2 goals, 2 assists). Berhalter is the first Whitecaps player to register two or more assists in a Concacaf Champions Cup match since 2023, when Ryan Gauld did so against Real España.
● Jordi Alba scored his first goal in the Concacaf Champions Cup after recording an assist earlier in the competition. He is one of four defenders (Édier Ocampo – Vancouver, Emiro Garcés – LA Galaxy, Robert Ergas – Pumas) with a goal and an assist in the current edition of the competition.
