FORT LAUDERDALE — On one side, you have Lionel Messi, the reigning World Cup champion until at least next summer and the GOAT, maybe forever.

Lionel Messi can add an MLS Cup to his long list of career achievements.

But Vancouver were only level for 11 minutes as the game, which played out in a carnival atmosphere in Fort Lauderdale, after Rodrigo de Paul met Lionel Messi's perfectly weighted ball before showing ...