Friday 19 August 2016 12:59, UK
Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard face each other for the first time in their MLS careers when New York City host Los Angeles Galaxy on Saturday.
It's a star-studded contest with the likes of Andrea Pirlo, David Villa and Ashley Cole also involved but it's the rivalry between the two midfielders that could capture attention.
Not least because after a difficult first year in the United States, Lampard and Gerrard - 38 and 36 respectively - both come into the game in fine form.
Gerrard tops Galaxy's assist charts with 11, while Lampard is impressing too having scored nine goals in his past 10 games - including a hat-trick last time out at Yankee Stadium.
The Chelsea icon has acknowledged it's a huge occasion. "It's a big game with more media attention and a huge crowd," said Lampard. "We want to win in those circumstances."
Of his old England team-mate, he added: "I've played against him many times and I've got real respect for the way he plays. We've had some great challenges over the years.
We've had some great challenges over the years. He'll be a big threat as he always has been.
"He can get on the ball and dictate games from midfield, he can assist, which he's done a lot this year, and he can score goals. He'll be a big threat as he always has been."
The two players are perhaps destined for their careers to be intertwined, having played alongside each other for England for more than a decade.
The pre-eminent English midfielders of their generation - they are still the two highest scoring midfielders in Premier League history - they've had some memorable clashes.
Gerrard twice got the better of Lampard in Champions League semi-finals, although the Liverpool hero also scored an own goal in the 2005 League Cup final.
He also infamously slipped to allow Lampard's Chelsea to score in April 2014, a decisive moment that played its part in Liverpool missing out on an unlikely title triumph that year.
The match will also bring a reunion with Lampard's former Chelsea team-mate Cole and he had strong words of praise for the player with whom he won the 2012 Champions League.
I've got nothing but admiration for him as the best left-back England have produced.
"I've got nothing but admiration for him as the best left-back England have produced and consistently the best left-back in the world for a long period for me," said Lampard.
"I get on very well with Ash and we're still close. I played with him for a long time and He's a good friend so I'm very excited to play against him."
New York City v Los Angeles Galaxy is live on Sky Sports 5 HD from 8pm on Saturday night
