{"id":74148,"date":"2025-12-07T05:01:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T05:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/74148\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T05:01:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T05:01:11","slug":"lionel-messi-and-inter-miami-capture-their-first-mls-cup-title-full-match-and-season-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/74148\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionel Messi and Inter Miami Capture Their First MLS Cup Title! Full Match and Season Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

Subscribe to The Cooligans<\/p>\n

Christian Polanco and Alexis Guerreros react live to Inter Miami and Lionel Messi\u2019s 3\u20131 victory over the Vancouver Whitecaps in the MLS Cup Final. The boys break down Messi\u2019s two-assist performance en route to capturing his first MLS title and discuss what this means for his legacy in Major League Soccer.<\/p>\n

Advertisement<\/p>\n

Then, Christian and Alexis look back at the MLS careers of Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba as they play their final match as MLS champions. They also break down Rodrigo De Paul\u2019s importance to Inter Miami throughout the entire season, including his impact in the championship match.<\/p>\n

Finally, they recap the entire Major League Soccer season as it comes to an end \u2014 including their favorite moments and their pick for playoff MVP.<\/p>\n

(0:30) \u2013 MLS Cup Final Match Recap<\/p>\n

(5:00) \u2013 Player of the Game: Lionel Messi<\/p>\n

(16:30) \u2013 Highlighting Rodrigo De Paul\u2019s Impact This Season<\/p>\n

(21:00) \u2013 Looking Back on Busquets and Alba\u2019s Careers<\/p>\n

(38:00) \u2013 MLS Season Recap<\/p>\n

\"Maddie<\/p>\n

Maddie Meyer\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udda5\ufe0f Watch this full episode on YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

Check out the rest of the Yahoo Sports podcast family at https:\/\/apple.co\/3zEuTQj<\/a> or at yahoosports.tv<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Subscribe to The Cooligans Christian Polanco and Alexis Guerreros react live to Inter Miami and Lionel Messi\u2019s 3\u20131…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":74149,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[15001,15000,42224,10073,1659,1660,123,125,124,5692,42225,15256,8006],"class_list":{"0":"post-74148","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-miami","8":"tag-alexis-guerreros","9":"tag-christian-polanco","10":"tag-final-match","11":"tag-inter-miami","12":"tag-jordi-alba","13":"tag-lionel-messi","14":"tag-miami","15":"tag-miami-headlines","16":"tag-miami-news","17":"tag-mls","18":"tag-paul","19":"tag-sergio-busquets","20":"tag-vancouver-whitecaps"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}