Football beyond mainstream
The Vancouver Whitecaps delivered a commanding performance against Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami, securing a 2-0 victory in the first leg of the Concacaf Champions Cup semifinal on April 24. The match, played in front of a record-breaking crowd of 53,837 at BC Place, saw the Whitecaps take a significant step toward the final. Two Americans…
Los Angeles FC handed Lionel Messi and Inter Miami their first defeat of the season with a hard-fought 1-0 win in the first leg of their CONCACAF Champions Cup quarterfinal on Wednesday. A second-half strike from 21-year-old homegrown forward Nathan Ordaz proved decisive, giving LAFC a crucial advantage heading into next week’s return leg in…
