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  At Chase Stadium, Fort Lauderdale, Florida: Lionel Messi assisted on two goals (Rodrigo De Paul in the 71st minute and Tadeo Allende (sixth minute of second-half stoppage time) on Saturday as Inter Miami defeated the visiting Vancouver Whitecaps 3-1 for their first MLS Cup championship. Ali Ahmed scored for the visitors in the 60th minute. The Caps' Edier Ocampo helped the Herons with his own goal in the eighth minute. It was Vancouver's first appearance in an MLS Cup Final.

  At Washington, DC: The draw for next year's FIFA World Cup took place on Friday in the Nation's Capital. GROUP A: Mexico South Africa  South Korea UEFA Path D Winner (Czech Republic, Republic of Ireland, Denmark, or North Macedonia) GROUP B: Canada UEFA Path A Winner (Italy, Northern Ireland, Wales, or Bosnia and Herzegovina) Qatar Switzerland GROUP C: Brazil Morocco Haiti Scotland GROUP D: United States Paraguay Australia UEFA Path C Winner (Turkey, Romania, Slovakia, or Kosovo) GROUP E: Germany Curacao Ivory Coast Ecuador GROUP F: Netherlands Japan UEFA Path B Winner (Ukraine, Sweden, Poland, or Albania) Tunisia GROUP G: Belgium Egypt Iran New Zealand GROUP H: Spain Cape Verde Saudi Arabia Uruguay GROUP I: France Senegal IC Path 2 Winner (Bolivia, Suriname, or Iraq, who would play the winner of the Bolivia-Suriname match)  Norway GROUP J: Argentina Algeria Austria Jordan GROUP K: Portugal IC Path 1 Winner (New Caledonia, Jamaica, or the Democratic Republic of the Cong...