The Vancouver Whitecaps, including Thomas Müller, are vying for the MLS title against Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami. In the lead-up, the Müller team receives a special permit.
Special permit for Thomas Müller and the Vancouver Whitecaps! Before facing Inter Miami and Lionel Messi on Saturday for the MLS title (starting at 8:30 PM), the Canadians are not required to complete their final training session at the final stadium.
“We have decided not to train at the final stadium. We did the same before the Champions League semi-final in Miami,” explained Vancouver’s sporting director Axel Schuster to the Bild newspaper.
Thomas Müller and the Vancouver Whitecaps receive a special permit before the MLS Final
“We fought for an exception”
He added: “It was very successful, so we are approaching it the same way. We fought for an exception not to train in the stadium.”
Accordingly, the Whitecaps will prepare for the final at the FIU Soccer Stadium and not in Miami’s stadium.
Vancouver’s third final in 2025
“For us, it’s the third final this year. I think we learned from the one final not to let it get to us so much,” Schuster reported.
At the same time, he emphasized that they have tried all week not to make the importance of the match so present. “The experience from the Champions League final, where we really prepared for a final for a week, didn’t work so well,” the sporting director said, referring to the 0:5 defeat in the final of the Concacaf Champions Cup against Cruz Azul. Müller was not yet involved at that time.
Question mark behind Müller
Schuster is very optimistic that the 36-year-old will play: “I firmly believe that Thomas can and will play. Since it is the last game of a long season, fitness is secondary. It’s about fighting through the game. I believe that none of the players on the field are 100 percent fit because both teams have played well over 50 games.”