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Messi and Müller renew rivalry in MLS Cup final on Apple TV this Saturday

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Dec 4

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Apple and MLS — The Audi 2025 MLS Cup Final streams free on the Apple TV app on Saturday, December 6th at 2:30pm ET

Inter Miami and the Vancouver Whitecaps will contest a historic MLS Cup final on Saturday, with both clubs hunting their first-ever Philip F. Anschutz Trophy in a showdown supercharged by the blockbuster renewed rivalry between Lionel Messi and Thomas Müller.

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With ticket prices at record highs, the free global broadcast will reach more than 100 countries, while Major League Soccer is rolling out its most ambitious production yet for a final featuring two of Europe’s stars.
The head-to-head balance between the two veteran players tilts the German’s way, with him having won seven of their 10 meetings, including two Bayern thrashings of Barcelona in the Champions League in 2013 and 2020 and Argentina’s painful defeat in the 2014 World Cup final.
“Perhaps they rely on him a little more than this team relies on me,” the 36-year-old Mueller said of Messi and Inter Miami after Vancouver beat San Diego in the Western Conference final. “This is a final I wanted. The good thing is not only playing against the best player who has ever played our sport and who continues to do so, but I think when you have a match like this, more people see you. If you play with these great players and names, then it’s a little more exciting for more people around the world. It’s a perfect situation for everyone involved.”
As Mueller suggested, the match-up’s profile has lifted the entire event, driving record demand and the most ambitious broadcast MLS has ever assembled.
According to marketplace TickPick, this year’s final is the most expensive MLS Cup on record, with an average ticket purchase price of $565, surpassing the previous $501 high from 2022.
MLS and Apple have matched that demand with their largest production ever, promising “the most immersive broadcast yet” with more than 30 cameras, drones, robotic goal units, referee cams and isolated feeds on players and coaches around Chase Stadium.

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MacDailyNews Take: We’ll be watching! The Audi 2025 MLS Cup Final starts Saturday, December 6th at 2:30pm ET at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and streams for free on the Apple TV app and via broadcast television on FOX and FOX Deportes.

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