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Patrick Vieira dishes on international dates, fighting for starting spots, and NYCFC's mental effort

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The gaffer sees his team's performance trending upward despite a recent lack of results.

As of 2016, Patrick Vieira is officially a Major League Soccer insider. But the New York City head coach isn't exactly drinking the MLS Kool-Aid in gulps.

"I think it's quite a little bit disappoint[ing], really, that we have to play the game knowing it is an international week," he said during this afternoon's media conference call, lamenting the fact that MLS's scheduling, in light of its non-observance of global international breaks, ends up affecting certain teams far more than others.

But Vieira is a competitor.