Has Father Time finally caught up to Andrea Pirlo? And if it has, what will New York City FC do with the fourth-highest paid player in MLS, and how will they cope for the next few weeks without Yangel Herrera, his potential successor?
Pirlo was a key to NYCFC finishing second in the Eastern Conference last year, notching 11 assists, playing perfect diagonal balls and bringing such calm to the midfield that his immobility didn’t matter. But with Pirlo turning 38 on Friday and without a single assist this season, it now matters a lot. Enough that despite Pirlo’s huge $5.