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Our friends at the futbolartistnetwork created these beautiful digital match posters for Heineken Rivalry Week. More info below on each piece:

NYCFC vs. New York Red Bulls Artist: stevenphughes Description: Recalling the famous scene from 1933’s King Kong, NYCFC’s and New York Red Bulls’ players race to the top of the Empire State Building to plant their teams’ respective flags and claim victory in the new city rivalry.

Portland Timbers vs. Seattle Sounders FC Artist: John Zylstra Description: We wanted to capture the larger than life culture of this rivalry but also include the landscape which plays such an important role to the two clubs’ heritage. You can read the image with the sky, mountains and trees as the Cascadia Flag.

San Jose Earthquakes vs. LA Galaxy Artist: wellsillustrates Description: We used one of California’s most well known films, Michael Mann’s film “Heat” to tell a story about two elder statesmen, league icons and a longstanding & illustrious rivalry. 

Toronto FC vs. Montreal Impact Artist: oliverbarrett Description: Toronto and Montreal are two cities rooted in English and French traditions, respectively, yet are uniquely united. Two parts of a whole. The proximity of Michael Bradley and Ignacio Piatti’s faces suggest a third, central face and the central split is an allusion to the highway connecting both cities.

FC Dallas vs. Houston Dynamo Artist: nosmallvictories Description: Like the Spaghetti Western was a novel kind of Western, the Texas Derby also introduces fans to a new kind of derby between the state’s two best teams battling for the El Capitán cannon. The poster frames the three major components of the derby in classic widescreen cinematic panels.

Rivalry Week is here with some awesome artwork.