Inter Miami CF seeking comeback to avoid elimination against Vancouver Whitecaps FC | OneFootball

MIAMI — The 2025 Concacaf Champions Cup continues Wednesday with Inter Miami CF hosting Vancouver Whitecaps FC in the second leg of their semifinal series at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.

Vancouver Whitecaps FC won the first leg, 2-nil, last Thursday at BC Place in British Columbia, Canada. Brian White and Sebastian Berhalter scored to place the Canadian club in the lead.

White tied Cristian Techera for the Whitecaps club record with five Champions Cup goals. Pedro Vite and Jayden Nelson both reached two assists in the tournament, leading the Whitecaps in that category.

Whitecaps FC remained strong at BC Place, with just two losses in their last 13 home games in the modern Champions Cup era. Vancouver has advanced in all three previous occasions when winning the first leg at home.

Inter Miami CF became the fourth MLS club to lose the first leg of a semifinal by a 2-nil scoreline while playing away. Historically, no MLS club has ever come back from this exact scenario to advance to the final.

The first leg result also marked the 10th first-leg semifinal loss for an MLS club. Inter Miami CF will seek to make history as no U.S.-based team has ever overturned a first-leg deficit in CCC semifinals.

Lionel Messi leads the club with five goals in the current campaign and is second in the Top Scorer race, ahead by one goal of Vancouver’s Brian White and trailing Cruz Azul’s Ángel Sepúlveda by the same difference. Messi is Inter Miami’s record holder with seven CCC goals all-time.

Inter Miami has won all three of its home encounters in the 2025 edition. The Herons won 3-1 in the previous round to defeat fellow MLS side LAFC in a comeback effort to advance to the semifinals.

Vancouver Whitecaps earned consecutive away draws in the second leg of its previous two series. Its only loss in the 2025 edition came 1-2 at Deportivo Saprissa in the first leg in Round One.

The winner on aggregate will advance to the Final. Away goals serve as the primary tiebreaker. If necessary, extra time and a penalty shootout will decide the winner.

The club that wins the series will advance to its first ever Concacaf Champions Cup Final. The club that loses the series will end its campaign with its best finish in the CCC.