VANCOUVER - Jesper Sorensen didn't expect to be here.

The Danish soccer coach wasn't exactly familiar with Major League Soccer a year ago. Now he and his Vancouver Whitecaps are on the cusp of hoisting the league's top trophy.

The Whitecaps will battle Inter Miami for the MLS Cup on Saturday.

When Sorensen took the role of Whitecaps head coach in January, he hoped to do well, but didn't know much about the players he'd be working with.

"And I didn’t have any expectation that I would end up in the final, having Thomas (Muller) on our team, against Lionel Messi," he said.

The 'Caps have gone on extended winning streaks and bounced back from hard losses.

“I think it’s great being here. I didn’t expect it at all," Sorensen said. "But as the season went by, you start seeing that you have

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