Author Archives: Kartik Krishnaiyer

Throughout much of the year, South Florida is a football wasteland, with little in the way of meaningful professional soccer taking place locally. International breaks are different, with frequent US National Team training sessions and of course frequent friendlies featuring … Continue reading →

Sean Grybos, from Soccer City FC joins us to preview the 2010 MLS Draft Combine, which will take place this weekend in Fort Lauderdale.

The majority of North America is suffering from a cold snap, but the rhetoric around US Soccer is getting hotter everyday. Whether it is the ongoing NASL/USL dispute (which is being mediated today) or the MLS CBA, the temperature keeps … Continue reading →

After 14 years working for Setanta Sports North America, Shane O’Rourke, President of North American & Australian Operations of Setanta Sports, has left the company and is now the chief executive of Premium Sports. In this exclusive interview, O’Rourke reveals: … Continue reading →

Published reports out of Europe and the United States today indicate that Freddy Adu is headed to Aris Salonika FC, the leading club in Greece’s second largest city, Thessaloniki. (Although currently PAOK is performing better than Aris in the Greek … Continue reading →

This week, two big events will take place in Fort Lauderdale.  The first is the Annual General Meeting of the newly formed North American Soccer League, which begins on January 7tth. With the controversial decision by the United States Soccer … Continue reading →

By: Sean Grybos, Special to Major League Soccer Talk Creighton’s Seth Sinovic was an MLS combine invitee not once but twice.  The savvy left back with projectable offensive skills trained for the 2009 MLS Combine but was granted an additional … Continue reading →

Dave Trotter, the publisher of the French Football Blog, and longtime Leeds United fan joins us to discuss the the renewal of the Roses Rivalry, and celebrate Leeds return to prominence. Don’t forget that the EPL Talk Podcast is the … Continue reading →

Clint Dempsey is the model American player in Europe right now. Having gone through three managers at Fulham after rejecting any and all overtures to stay in MLS, Deuce is the inverse of Landon Donovan. Now Donovan appears ready to … Continue reading →

In a football world full of foreign fans, which have never once traveled to England, Manchester United is the flavor of the millennium. But those of us, who love and appreciate the English game, and its history and passion, felt liberated … Continue reading →

ESPN Los Angeles.com and ESPN 710 Radio’s Dave Denholm joins Kartik Krishnaiyer to review the year that was for the USMNT.

What should have been a difficult choice, was really a simple one. No player made anywhere near the impact on Major League Soccer in the 2000-2009 period as did Dwayne DeRosario.  The Canadian international was without question the dominant figure … Continue reading →

Often times, the United Soccer Leagues are forgotten. Certain elements of the American soccer press behave as if nothing exists in professional soccer below the first tier MLS. It can be argued that USL has not done enough to foster … Continue reading →

Top Seasons of the Decade: Kansas City 2000 Columbus 2008 DC United 2006 Houston 2007 Miami 2001 Top Teams of the Decade San Jose/Houston DC United Chicago Los Angeles New England Top Coaches of the Decade Dom Kinnear Frank Yallop … Continue reading →