Mueller's Whitecaps set up MLS Cup with Messi's Miami after win over San Diego

VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM SAN DIEGO FC V VANCOUVER WHITECAPS MLS CUP WESTERN CONFERENCE FINAL AT SNAPDRAGON STADIUM RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (NOVEMBER 29, 2025) (SOCCER UNITED MARKETING – Editorial use only. No more than 30 seconds per match. Must on screen courtesy 'MLS on Apple'. No use after December 31, 2025. No resales. No sublicensing. No monetisation) SAN DIEGO FC (NAVY BLUE JERSEY) V VANCOUVER WHITECAPS (WHITE JERSEY) 1. KICKOFF 1ST HALF 2. GOAL –  VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC’S BRIAN WHITE SCORES WITH RIGHT FOOTED SHOT TO THE LOWER RIGHT ZONE IN THE 8TH MINUTE FOR A 1-0 LEAD 3. WHITECAPS COACH JESPER SORENSEN  4. WHITECAPS PLAYERS CELEBRATING 5. SAN DIEGO FC GOALKEEPER PABLO SISNIEGA REACTING / WHITE CELEBRATING 6. THREE REPLAYS 7. OWN GOAL – SAN DIEGO FC’S PABLO SISNIEGA SCORES AN OWN GOAL AS WHITECAPS GO 2-0 UP 8. MUELLER WALKING  / SAN DIEGO PLAYER REACTING / WHITECAPS PLAYERS CELEBRATING / SISNIEGA WALKING 9. TWO REPLAYS  10. GOAL – WHITE SCORES HIS SECOND GOAL FROM THE CENTER OF THE BOX TO THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER TO GIVE WHITE CAPS 3-0 LEAD JUST BEFORE HALF TIME 11. WHITE CELEBRATING WITH TEAMMATES INCLUDING THOMAS MUELLER 12. SISNIEGA REACTING / / SAN DIEGO PLAYER REACTING 13. WHITECAPS REACTING 14. TWO REPLAYS 2ND HALF 15. GOAL – SAN DIEGO’S HIRVING LOZANO SCORES WITH RIGHT FOOTED SHOT TO THE UPPER LEFT CENTRAL ZONE IN THE 60TH MINUTE TO MAKE IT 1-3 16. LOZANO CELEBRATING VARIOUS OF CROWD CELEBRATING 17. LOZANO CELEBRATING/ CROWD CELEBRATING WAVING SAN DIEGO FLAGS 18. THREE REPLAYS 19. SISNIEGA IS SHOWN THE RED CARD FOR THE FOUL ON RYAN GAULD 20. REFEREE SHOWING RED CARD 21. SISNIEGA REACTING 22. GAULD CONGRATULATED AND BEING HELPED BY WHITECAPS PLAYERS / SISNIEGA CUTAWAY 23. GAULD HITS THE RIGHT POST / REPLAY 24. WHITECAPS AND SAN DIEGO PLAYERS FIGHTING FOR POSITION AS HIRVING LOZANO GETS READY FOR A CORNER KICK 25. CROWD CHEERING 26. WHITECAPS GOALKEEPER YOHEI TAKAOKA MAKES A STUNNING SAVE   27. TWO REPLAYS 28. WHITECAPS’ JAYDEN NELSON'S RIGHT FOOTED SHOT IS SAVED BY DURAN FERREE  29. SAN DIEGO’S  JEPPE TVERSKOV'S RIGHT FOOTED SHOT IS SAVED BY TAKAOKA /REPLAY 30. FINAL WHISTLE  31. VARIOUS OF WHITECAPS CELEBRATING STORY: Brian White scored a first-half brace and the visiting Vancouver Whitecaps comfortably secured their first MLS Cup final appearance with a 3-1 victory over host San Diego FC in the Western Conference Final on Saturday (November 29) night. Andres Cubas and Ali Ahmed connected to set up both of White's goals for number two seed Vancouver, which will visit East champion Inter Miami next Saturday in a meeting of teams who have never played for the MLS championship, let alone won it. It's also a rematch of this April's Concacaf Champions Cup semifinals, which Vancouver won 5-1 on aggregate over two legs. Ahmed also had the shot that led to Vancouver's other first-half tally, ultimately credited as an own goal to San Diego goalkeeper Pablo Sisniega. Halftime substitute Hirving Lozano broke through in the 60th minute for top-seeded San Diego, which completed the deepest playoff run by an MLS expansion side since the Chicago Fire won the 1998 MLS Cup. The hosts finished with 10 men after Sisniega was sent off in the 79th minute for denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity. Despite scoring 16 regular-season goals, recent injuries had prevented White from scoring since late September. That changed quickly during Vancouver's brilliant first half. Cubas did exceptional work to set up White's first, creating the opportunity by forcing a turnover on the left flank before combining on an intricate sequence with Ahmed to get into the left side of the penalty area. From there, Cubas guided a low ball to the back post where White met it with a sliding finish from close range in the eighth minute. Three minutes later, Emmanuel Sabbi worked down the right by combining with Thomas Mueller before seeing Sisniega deny his effort from in close. The rebound rolled to the penalty area where Ahmed met it with a first-time strike which the scrambling Sisniega saved, only to inadvertently turn it across his own line. White used his chest to guide in his second goal after another combination from Cubas and Ahmed down the left, this time with Ahmed providing the final outswinging service to pick out White only a couple of yards out and in plenty of space in the second minute of first-half stoppage time. (Production: Bhagya Ayyavoo)

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