David Moyes is hoping a trip to the Big Apple will bear fruit as Sunderland dig in for another Premier League relegation battle.
The Black Cats boss and his players will head for New York on a team-bonding exercise after Saturday's home clash with Southampton, ahead of what promises to be a tense run-in.
It will be far from a sunshine break - the forecast for next week includes snow and temperatures as low as -7C - but it will give the squad a chance to forge the kind of spirit they will need to scrap their way out of trouble.