Just steps away from Inter Miami CF’s stadium in Fort Lauderdale sits a small airport. Yet, on the pitch on Wednesday, Lionel Messi’s Herons saw their dreams of hoisting a Concacaf Champions Cup trophy take off into the night sky.

Inter Miami will need another comeback to advance to the Concacaf Champions Cup final after losing the first leg 2-0 to the Vancouver Whitecaps. For Miami's star studded cast, this is a tournament that they expect to win and getting knocked out at this stage would go down as a disappointment,

The Miami head coach was unimpressed as Lionel Messi and company crashed out of Concacaf's most important club tournament.