Live Updates: Kickoff just minutes away for Whitecaps vs. Messi in Florida
The Vancouver Whitecaps are set to take on Inter Miami tonight at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Fl., in the second leg of their CONCACAF Chamions Cup semifinal.
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Following a sold-out match last week in Vancouver, where the Whitecaps won 2-0 on home turf, Lionel Messi and Co. are likely looking to return the favour.
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Live updates from Wednesday, April 30
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4:30 p.m.: The lineups are out
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It's T-minus 30 minutes to kickoff at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where CONCACAF action continues with the Vancouver Whitecaps taking on Inter Miami for the second leg of the CONCACAF Champions Cup semifinal.
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The Whitecaps are leading 2-0 on aggregate. A Vancouver away goal would mean the Herons would have to score four against Vancouver — something that hasn't happened this year — and end any possibilities of penalty kicks.
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Vancouver is rolling out the exact same lineup that earned a 2-0 victory last week in the first leg, with Sam Adekugbe once again taking bench position behind teenage phenom Tate Johnson at left back.
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'It's a great story,' coach Jesper Sorensen said after the first leg.
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'Tate has proven to be ready for every task we give him. He's a guy who he's never let us down. … He is really a guy coming in drafted and was not supposed maybe to play a big part on this team this early, and a guy that we thought that we would work with for for a while, and then make him ready to play. We threw him into into the water, and he just swims.'
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