The Vancouver Whitecaps will take a 2-0 aggregate lead back to Fort Lauderdale after shutting down Inter Miami and Lionel Messi in the first leg of the teams' two-game, all-MLS Concacaf Champions Cup semifinal series.

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.

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.