Brian White and Sebastain Berhalter scored and the Vancouver Whitecaps beat Lionel Messi and Inter Miami 2-0 on Thursday night in the first leg of their CONCACAF Champions Cup semifinal.

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 Jordi Alba. Mascherano himself is a name that still resonates loudly in the football world. The Whitecaps’ star? American center forward Brian White, as unheralded a hero as they come.

With a dagger in the 85th minute from Sebastian Berhalter, the Vancouver Whitecaps are one step closer to their first appearance in the Concacaf Champions Cup final in club history after defeating Inter Miami 2-0 in front of a record crowd of more than 53,