That Mix Diskerud is on his way out at New York City FC is not news. Despite the player still being under contract, the club has already given away his famous-cum-infamous number ten shirt to new designated player Maxi Moralez. He didn’t appear on a single team sheet following last summer’s embarrassing US Open Cup flameout against the New York Cosmos. NYCFC will surely eat a fat portion of his ridiculous, indefensible $760,000-per-year deal just to get him out the door.
But despite it all, the Mix Saga here in the Five Boroughs remains chock-full of the most sublime of theatrics.