If you like compelling twists and subplots to your rivalry games, you’ve come the right place for Sunday’s Hudson River Derby match between the Red Bulls and New York City FC at Yankee Stadium.
Last month, NYCFC coach Patrick Vieira bolted New York to France to coach OGC Nice, leaving his former club with a new coach — Dome Torrent — who had little to no familiarity with the team’s players or system.
Torrent, a former assistant under Pep Guardiola at Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Manchester City, has been in a weeks-long cram session trying to lead NYCFC forward while learning about his personnel and integrating his system.