Portland's wonderfully atmospheric Providence Park is a long way from the Etihad - 4,000 miles to be exact - yet Saturday night could provide a pivotal moment in Manchester City's quest for global dominance.
New York City FC, one arm of the City Football Group's club portfolio which stretches from England to Australia taking in China, France, Spain, Japan, India, Belgium and Uruguay on the way, are into the MLS Cup final for the very first time since their entrance into the League back in 2015.
Pep Guardiola has enough on his plate to be worrying about how the Timbers - who will have home advantage for the final in arguably the liveliest stadium in North America - will attempt to breach boss Ronny Deila's defence.