It was the stars and big names of Inter Miami against the blue collar mentality of Vancouver. Miami has Messi, Luis Suarez, Sergio Busquets and Luis Suarez. Mascherano himself is a name that still resonates loudly in the football world. The Whitecaps star man? American center forward Brian White, as unheralded a hero as they come.

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

The Argentine icon traveled this time and played 90-plus minutes in the first leg of the Concacaf Champions Cup semifinals, but the Whitecaps shut him and his high-profile teammates down and won 2-0 to take a commanding lead in the two-game series.