I think that Rover is 100% right as far as cost. Mix for 100k would be in great demand. Mix for 3/4 mill is a different story, esp given MLS salary and ownership structure. He's clearly "good enough" but it's impossible to say he looked like he was a "gotta play" guy either.
lol...if anyone thinks that salary matches performance/ability in MLS they arent paying attention. salary discrepancies from player to player in mls are incoherent and illogical. i could list many players at both ends of the spectrum in MLS (underpaid and overpaid) whose salaries are not in line with their performance. (in fact, finding players who are paid what they "should be paid" on the world market is hard in mls.) but the example that most comes to mind for me is stevan gerrard and even pirlo too...what are these players making? 6 -7 million?? in MLS thats astronomical and the only way those salaries could fit into mls payscale is if said players scored like 100 goals per season. i get it, though. they are here for marketing, jerseys, attention etc.... but where i lose the plot is that if those players can be paid for off-the-field contributions...then why is a player like Mix.....(who has 38 caps for the USMNT and at one point featured in like 16 straight games without a loss for the usmnt or something like that)....chastised for his salary in relation to his success on the field...whereas the name players...who make like 10 times more than he does and perform similarly to mix given free passes and rarely criticized?? i get it...he isnt really a real american. same reason Jermaine gets like 1/10 of bradley pay in MLS despite jj arguably having a better usmnt/mls career.
Well, generally if you're paid for marketing, you got to help marketing. It's not that hard to get some basic metrics on what kind of marketing bump a player is giving you (shirt sales, how many peeps show up at appearances, media mentions etc.) I doubt Mix moved the needle enough to warrant paying the salary once the on-field contribution was not what NY seemed to have hoped. Some players keep selling "goodwill" even when they're not playing all the time. Doubt Mix was one.
And the two things I keep coming back to in my mind are 1) he didn't do much at Ghent and 2) Viera made it completely clear that he didn't see any role for him whatsoever. The second is far more significant. In Belgium he was a kid trying to break into a settled lineup for the playoffs. In MLS, he's a 25 year-old who simply isn't rated by Viera. That suggests that his game/attitude has some very significant gaps at elite level.
I'm pretty reluctant to read too much into the Viera/NYC sojourn. I think it's clear that Mix' valuation and, uh, "exuberance" both promised a lot and it was going to be difficult to feed the hype right out of the gate. But it is also hard to see him as significantly less talented than some of the other players on the USMNT fringes. He had some very decent contributions in a number of US games. Unfortunately for Mix, he probably derailed his USMNT while trying to hold onto "big profile" soccer status. Taking the gamble is understandable - the upside of "sports personality" marketing is much higher (financially) than the upside of "solid sports pro contributing yeoman player." But sometimes those gambles don't pay off.
Hard to agree the gamble did not pay off, he got paid 15k a week for the terms of the NYRB contract. That is around a fair price for his skills on the world market, MLS considers it exorbitant I am sure, but it really isn't. IF he is smart that is a pretty good start to life after soccer and should provide some capital for any real estate/ taco hell franchisee ventures he dabbles in later.
I do think, though, had he been more... uh, strategic, in his dealings he might have leveraged more "starpower" in MLS. But I'm just a Sunday-morning arm-chair franchise-builder, so who the heck knows.
Starts: En timma kvar till avspark på Gamla Ullevi. Här är den blåvita elvan. #ifkgbg #kombara pic.twitter.com/l4ZzobzpcA— IFK Göteborg (@IFKGoteborg) July 10, 2017
For buying into a private equity firm or hedge fund you mean. His father is a very wealthy and somewhat controversial businessman in Norway. Mix plays football for pleasure, not because it beats working the nightshift at Taco Bell/McDonalds, etc.
Mix's Goteborg travels to Orebro to take on Brendan Hines-Ike in the northern-most battle between Americans. 15.00 är det avspark på Behrn Arena. Här är den blåvita elvan. #ifkgbg pic.twitter.com/XpF6A11eQH— IFK Göteborg (@IFKGoteborg) July 16, 2017
There are plenty of overpaid players in MLS, but overpaid players typically have short stints in the league. Mix is no different. Mix could play in the league and do well for the right club, but isn't worth $750,000 a year. It is a business. Same with Poku. MLS caliber player, but not going to have many opportunities at over $300K, which is what he makes in Miami. I would expect players like Chris McCann on Atlanta who makes over $500K to also have a similar short self-life in MLS to Mix. Not because he can't play in the league. He can, but not for a TAM deal.
Starts: Över 11 000 biljetter är sålda. Nu är det en timma kvar till avspark mot Örebro på Gamla Ullevi. Här är den blåvita elvan #ifkgbg #kombara pic.twitter.com/2pBxWx479z— IFK Göteborg (@IFKGoteborg) July 23, 2017
Starts: Emil Salomonsson är avstängd. Martin Smedberg–Dalence tar plats som högerback. På bänken återfinns sommarens tre nyförvärv. #ifkgbg pic.twitter.com/7xWVW6FUla— IFK Göteborg (@IFKGoteborg) July 30, 2017 Gets an assist (likely): 40' MÅL! Sören Rieks! Han driver fram bollen själv och blir sedan fint framspelad av Mix innan han chippar in kvitteringen #ifkgbg pic.twitter.com/Z11po4zdxh— IFK Göteborg (@IFKGoteborg) July 30, 2017 And then scores: 45+1' MÅÅÅÅL! MIX! Efter en tilltrasslad sitation i straffområdet trycker Mix in 2-1 till Blåvitt! #ifkgbg pic.twitter.com/plbjaX3ldD— IFK Göteborg (@IFKGoteborg) July 30, 2017
Makes the FIFA team of the week: It is #TOTW 46 with 87 @Podolski10, 84 Benelov, 83 @TeoG29 & 82 @keikamara!! #FUT pic.twitter.com/uGbtnAe37E— EA SPORTS FC (@EASPORTSFC) August 2, 2017
Mix would like to stay at Goteberg - looks to extend loan http://www.fotbolltransfers.com/site/news/82057 Translation: "Mix Diskerud's loan agreement with IFK Göteborg expires soon. However, the 26-year-old stays happy. IFK Göteborg has a loan agreement with New York City regarding Mix Diskerud until August 27th. The midfielder again declares that he gladly stays in Blåvitt. - Yes, I've said I'd love to stay. I like the guys and the club, "said Diskerud to the football channel. Diskerud, however, does not know what is required for an extension. - I do not really know. I have one and a half years left on the contract over there, so it's probably the most up to date with a loan again, but we'll see. My people are talking to the club here and then on with the club over there. There are three parties, hopefully, it will be resolved, he says to the football channel."
Swedish season ends in early November, so he can't play for NYCFC until March anyway. Since they've made it clear that they don't see him having a role there, to the extent of picking up 75%+ of his wages at IFK, they don't have much leverage unless an Autumn-Winter-Spring European club makes an offer in January. Look for an announcement around mid-November-to-early-December that a settlement (= 6 month's pay) has been agreed between Mix and NYCFC and that he's a free agent once the window opens.
This loan suits him down to the ground. Guy should do whatever it takes to make sure he can continue on here.
Starts: Två inhopp, mot AIK finns Vajebah Sakor med från start. Dessutom ersätter Andreas Öhman en sjuk August Erilngmark på bänken #ifkgbg #kombara pic.twitter.com/5qiVryRjyl— IFK Göteborg (@IFKGoteborg) August 10, 2017
2-1 to IFK. If match reports are to be believed, our man Mix had a really good game where he bossed the midfield. We've seen him do it in a US shirt too. I'd be curious to see what an in-form Mix does in an Arena system. But with some of these young cats coming up, it's an uphill battle.
Maybe he bossed the midfield, but you'd expect him to. He's a US international with 36 caps playing in a league that's no better than MLS these days, even in its top half, and probably worse in its bottom half. Bruce has players who are playing at a higher level than Mix to chose from and has little time to experiment until qualification for Russia is secured. Unless Mix moves to the likes of a strong Dutch or Belgian side, I can't see any reason to call him up again if that means leaving guys like Danny Williams, Sasha Kljestan or Lynden Gooch behind. When he came on the scene, he was regarded as having great potential, but he turns 27 in six weeks time and he still hasn't proved himself outside of Scandinavia. Not on a consistent basis.
Not surprising... http://www.espnfc.us/story/3176980/...to-extend-loan-to-swedens-ifk-goteborg-source U.S. international midfielder Mix Diskerud is in talks to have his loan to Swedish side IFK Goteborg extended through the end of 2017, a source with knowledge of the situation confirmed to ESPN FC.
Started today: Snart dags för avspark. Elfsborg tar emot IFK Göteborg på Borås Arena.Här är den blåvita elvan #ifkgbg pic.twitter.com/CUUZXbSgIM— IFK Göteborg (@IFKGoteborg) August 14, 2017