Crying slurs, hands left unshaken, dugout dismissals, Frank Lampard’s diving and a Sir Alex Ferguson vs Arsene Wenger comparison. It’s fair to say Jesse Marsch and Patrick Vieira have a heated past from their days in Major League Soccer together.
When Leeds United travel to Crystal Palace tonight it will be the first time the pair have met pitchside in nearly four years. Their last clash, which proved to be Vieira’s penultimate game in the United States, ended in a 4-0 win for Marsch’s New York Red Bulls over New York City FC.
Their rivalry mellowed in the latter stages of their Big Apple tenures, but it was red-hot in the summer of 2016 when the latest edition of the Hudson River Derby ended in a 4-1 win for Marsch’s side. Vieira didn’t even see out the 90 minutes.
