Friday 1 July 2016 18:27, UK
New York City FC face New York Red Bulls on Sunday - live on Sky Sports - and the pair are already developing a healthy derby atmosphere that threatens to rival some of the best city clashes across American sport.
This weekend's derby game will be only the fifth opportunity to soak up the newest sporting rivalry in the city that never sleeps, but a 7-0 mismatch last time out has further upped the ever-increasing stakes.
As the Hudson River foes prepare for their latest tussle, we look at New York's other major sporting rivalries...
A spicy atmosphere between the two clubs is already established ahead of Sunday's meeting, which you can see live on Sky Sports 1HD.
New York City FC were only founded three years ago and 2015 was the club's first year in the MLS. But the backing of the Yankees and Manchester City have created the impression that it is inevitable that City will become one of American soccer's big hitters.
"No pun intended, but [City supporters] were basically born on third base. They didn’t have to fight for anything."
So it's little wonder that established MLS franchise New York Red Bulls are feeling a bit under pressure from the new Manhattan arrivals.
Red Bulls do not have a particularly star-studded squad, with the Wright-Phillips brothers Shaun and Bradley the stand-outs, whereas City are managed by Patrick Vieira and can boast a squad that includes David Villa, Frank Lampard and Andrea Pirlo.
But City's veteran trio might just be part of the problem. The club's rapid rise to the top has seen them bring in players past their peak and the results in the four Hudson River Derbies to date have reflected that.
"All these people who could have supported Metros, but they chose City because they play in the Bronx? It just irritates me."
Red Bulls have won all four meetings, with Bradley Wright-Phillips scoring in all four games… including the 7-0 thrashing at Yankee Stadium on May 21.
The New York Yankees are the most successful club in the history of Major League Baseball and their fierce rivalry with the Boston Red Sox is one of the biggest in American sport. But there's another MLB team in New York who have a rivalry of their own with the Yankees.
The New York Mets are the little brother of New York baseball. They have won just two World Series rings compared to the Yankees' standout 27, with the most recent coming in 1986 thanks to a legendary Game Seven comeback win over the Red Sox. But the history of the Mets has been of underachievement, struggling to emerge from the shadow of their dominant neighbours.
"Being a Mets fan is like lending someone a lot of money and you just know that you'll never get paid back."
The Subway Series rivalry has been cranked up in the last two decades, with the Mets and Yankees meeting every regular season since the introduction of interleague play in 1997.
But the Mets have come out on top in just three of those years to continue their second-best trend against the Yankees from the 20th Century.
"The Mets have shown me more ways to lose than I even knew existed."
A 2000 World Series Yankees win has been the most high-profile clash, although the Mets are very much on the up and reached the MLB showpiece in 2015.
New York's National Football League franchises enjoy a rivalry of sorts, although the lack of frequency of their meetings has prevented the fixture from truly developing.
The New York Giants and New York Jets share the same stadium, hence why the fixture is often referred to as 'the shortest road trip in the league'. But because they play in different conferences the Giants and Jets only face each other in regular season meetings once every four years - although that does mean that the rare fixtures become even more important to the two sides.
"We went into training camp with one thing in mind after the Super Bowl: to defeat the Giants in preseason. Whatever you do, you don't win the Super Bowl and lose to the Giants."
An incident in 2011 has spiced up the derby slightly. The Jets 'as the home team' decided to cover the Giants' Superbowl signs outside their changing rooms with black curtains, and when the upset Giants attempted to remove the curtains they were immediately put back into place… complete with added security personnel. Childish and petty it may have been, but curtain-gate could well go down in history as the moment that the Giants-Jets rivalry really took off.
The Giants have won four Superbowls and are the oldest Northeastern club still in existence and have dominated the only inter-city rivalry in the NFL. An overtime win for the Jets in 2015 ended a run of five straight victories for the Giants over a 22-year stretch.
The NBA's New York rivalry between the Knicks and Nets has really taken off since the Nets moved in up the road at Brooklyn's Barclays Center.
The Knicks are one of basketball's most established franchises, but the most recent of their two NBA titles came way back in 1973.
The nomadic Nets have not won a title since joining the NBA in 1976, but their 2012 move to Brooklyn from New Jersey saw their rivalry with the Knicks take off in spectacular fashion.
"You can walk like us, you can talk like us, but you ain't never gonna be like us."
The purchasing of Billboards opposite each other's stadiums has been the clearest example of the tasty (and occasionally bad-tempered) rivalry between the two.
But on the court it has been the 'upstarts' who have dominated in recent years, not coming off second best over a season since their Brooklyn arrival.
The Knicks are on the up though, and they comprehensively beat their neighbours in both Madison Square Garden meetings in the last regular season.
The Islanders and the Rangers meet in regular season every year in the National Hockey League's Metropolitan Division.
The rivalry has yo-yoed over the years since the Islanders were founded in 1972 as direct competition for old-timers New York Rangers.
The Islanders announced themselves on the sport in pretty spectacular fashion, going on a four-year streak with Stanley Cup wins in 1980, 1981, 1982 and 1983.
But it's the fans who make the rivalry so special, with the East River providing a pretty clear border between the traditional stomping grounds of the two sets of supporters.
"I think what makes the rivalry great is that you have two such passionate fan bases."
The Rangers picked up the most recent of their four Stanley Cup rings in 1994, but last season saw the Islanders complete their first ever season sweep over their rivals.
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