Inter Miami may be the MLS favorite because four of their players used to play for Barcelona: Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, Jordi Alba, and Sergio Busquets. But the team of the moment may have come from further north.

Messi’s current deal ends at the end of the season, and Miami seems to be close to signing him to a new one. However, the team will be up against a lot of other teams this season. With a 6-1-1 record, Jesper Sorensen’s Vancouver Whitecaps have the best record in the Major League Soccer (MLS).

They have also made it to the semi-finals of the CONCACAF Champions Cup, even though a number of star players are out with injuries.

Maurice Edu, a legend on the U.S. Men’s National Team, went on This Is MLS to give the Whitecaps not only “their flowers,” but also the “whole garden.” This came after they beat Liga MX team Pumas UNAM in the Champions Cup and beat Austin FC 5-1 in the league.

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The former Rangers star even said that, going into the ninth game, he thought the Whitecaps were the best team in the MLS, ahead of Miami. Show me I’m wrong.” “Right now, they’re the best team,” he said.

“They’ll be playing in Miami soon, right?” In the CCC. Even though I may be locked up right now, I love being held hostage by this moment.

But Edu wasn’t the only one who liked Vancouver. Dax McCarty, another former USMNT star, said the Canadian team has been “knocking the socks off of everyone in MLS and it’s been very, very impressive.

They’re not doing it with a certain style of play or a certain metric that you can point to.” Also, even though they are missing Ryan Gauld and Jayden Nelson, Jesper Sorensen has this team firing on all cylinders in the attacking half. On defense, they have the best goal difference in the league, plus 11.

With Tristan Blackmon and Renko Veselinovic really stepping up to become the best center backs in the league, they have the best defense in the league right now. If you want to be successful, you need a strong defense.

This year, Andres Cubas has taken a step forward, and I’ve been singing his praises.” This year, Sebastian Berhalter is moving up. What Brian White does doesn’t change. Not many holes can be found in this team.

As Edu said, the Whitecaps and Miami will play each other in the semifinals of the Champions Cup. The first leg will take place in Canada on April 24, and the second leg will be played in Florida on April 30.

These are only the second and third times these two teams have played since Miami joined the MLS in 2020. In May 2024, the Herons beat their possible future title foes 2-1.

Before that, Vancouver will go to St. Louis City on Saturday to try to show Edu and McCarty they weren’t just “prisoners of the moment.” They want to increase their four-point lead over second-placed Minnesota United in the Western Conference.

Miami, led by Javier Mascherano, will play the Columbus Crew that same day in what McCarty called “the matchup in MLS history with the most quality top to bottom that we have ever seen.