USA TODAY Network soccer experts have their predictions for the 2025 MLS Cup. Is this the championship moment for Lionel Messi and Inter Miami?

Can the two GOATs meet? Here's how the Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo could meet at the World Cup.

Four World Cup champions will be on the field for the MLS Cup Final: Lionel Messi, Sergio Busquets, Rodrigo DePaul, Thomas Muller.

Lionel Messi and Inter Miami will face Thomas Müller and the Vancouver Whitecaps for the MLS Cup in the final matches for Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba.

Historically, Thomas Muller's teams have an enviable record against Lionel Messi's heading into Saturday's MLS Cup final

Miami and Messi, who has won a record 46 championships for club and country, will square off with Thomas Müller and the Whitecaps on Saturday in the first final for both clubs.

There is a scenario in which Messi & Ronaldo meet in Kansas City at the World Cup. The loser likely would retire from international soccer.

The holders were given a reasonably attractive group, and Argentina will be the clear favourites to progress as the best of the four. That will bring a round-of-32 tie in Messi’s adopted home of Miami, and it could be a juicy one if Uruguay finish runners-up in Group H.