Inter Miami will play the Vancouver Whitecaps in the first leg of their Concacaf Champions Cup semifinal series Thursday night.

Inter Miami coach Javier Mascherano didn’t mince words Wednesday. He referred to the first leg of the Concacaf Champions Cup semifinal versus Vancouver as Miami’s most important match in club history.

There’s a certain sparkle off the water on a Vancouver spring day as the sun glimmers on the waves and the mountains above. It’s natural beauty, and the namesak