Kartik Krishnaiyer

Kartik Krishnaiyer

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A lifelong lover of soccer, the beautiful game, he served from January 2010 until May 2013 as the Director of Communications and Public Relations for the North American Soccer League (NASL). Raised on the Fort Lauderdale Strikers of the old NASL, Krishnaiyer previously hosted the American Soccer Show on the Champions Soccer Radio Network, the Major League Soccer Talk podcast and the EPL Talk Podcast. His soccer writing has been featured by several media outlets including The Guardian and The Telegraph. He rejoins World Soccer Talk as a senior writer, and podcast co-host.

latest articles by Kartik Krishnaiyer

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/ 6471 days ago

The Start of Something Big?: Aug. 4, 2008

Today’s last minute victory over the hated Galaxy in Oakland could be just the push the Earthquakes needed to make a playoff run late in the MLS season. The Quakes who have played solidly much of the season but lacked a scoring punch have now made the type of moves in the international and domestic […]

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/ 6472 days ago

The Start of Something Big?: Aug. 3, 2008

Today's last minute victory over the hated Galaxy in Oakland could be just the push the Earthquakes needed to make a playoff run late in the MLS season. The Quakes who have played solidly much of the season but lacked a scoring punch have now made the type of moves in the international and domestic […]

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Japan's Olympic Team

The first opponent for the United States in group play will be the Japanese. The US defeated Japan in the 2000 Quarterfinals of this same event, a match which the Japanese still feel hard done by. Peter Vagenas converted a spot kick in stoppage time to send the match to a Golden Goal extra time […]

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/ 6473 days ago

Help on the Way for the LA Galaxy?

Despite the presence of the two of the most gifted players ever in Major League Soccer, the Los Angeles Galaxy appear to be sinking without a trace. A leaky defense and poor linkup play have made the Galaxy at this point a side that is struggling to remain competitive in the Western Conference of MLS. […]

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US 0-1 Cameroon: Post Match Thoughts

Across the internet I see the panic button being pushed after this match. Sure both the performance and result were not encouraging, but the back line thought to be the weakness of this side when the squad was named over two weeks ago now looks like a rock at the back entering the Olympic Games. […]

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/ 6473 days ago

Help Coming for the Galaxy?

Cory Gibbs/BBC Sport Despite the presence of the two of the most gifted players ever in Major League Soccer, the Los Angeles Galaxy appear to be sinking without a trace. A leaky defense and poor linkup play have made the Galaxy at this point a side that is struggling to remain competitive in the Western […]

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American Soccer Show # 42

I'm taking a break from blogging today but I wanted to let all our loyal readers and listeners know that today;s American Soccer Show is now available via ITunes and the on demand player at CSRN's Home Page. Today's show covered several topics. The behavior of Atlante's players in the Superliga semifinals Previewing the Superliga […]

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/ 6475 days ago

The North London Derby Becomes Bigger Than Ever in North America

Carlos Vela in Mexico colorsThe North London derby will have some new fans this upcoming season as many football fans in North America will be engaged in one of the world's great derby's for the first time. That's because perhaps the two best young players in the region, Giovanni Dos Santos (Gio) and Carlos Vela […]

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North American based players in the Olympics

Olympic squads were finalized today. Here are the FMF, MLS, USL and NCAA based players as well a list of former MLS players participating. Michael Boxall/New Zealand Craig Henderson/New Zealand Chris Seitz/USA Mo Edu/USA Marvell Wynne/USA Michael Orozco/USA Patrick Ianni/USA Michael Parkhurst/USA Stuart Holden/USA Robbie Rogers/USA Sacha Kljestan/USA Dax McCarty/USA Brian McBride/USA Emanuel Ekpo/Nigeria FORMER […]

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Beijing 2008: EPL Players on Squads

The squads for the Football Tournament at the Beijing Olympics was finalized today. The following EPL players are in the competition:Javier Mascerano/Liverpool/ ArgentinaAdam Leijer/Fulham/AustraliaSolomon Kalou/Chelsea/Ivory CoastGianni Zuiverloon/West Brom/HollandRyan Babel/Liverpool/HollandBrad Guzan/Aston Villa/USA (Pending work permit)Victor Anichebe/Everton/NigeriaAndreson/Manchester United/BrazilLucas/Liverpool/BrazilJo/Manchester City/BrazilDong Fangzuho/ Manchester United/ChinaRyan Nelson/Blackburn/New ZealandSimon Elliot/Fulham/New ZealandAlexandre Song/Arsenal/CameroonFranck Songo'o/Portsmouth/CameroonHendry Thomas/Wigan/HondurasThe full list of American/Canadian based players (MLS/USL/NCAA) in […]

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American/Canadian Based Olympians in Men's Football

Olympic squads were finalized today. Here are the MLS, USL and NCAA based players as well a list of former MLS players particpating. Michael Boxall/New Zealand Craig Henderson/New Zealand Chris Seitz/USA Mo Edu/USA Marvell Wynne/USA Patrick Ianni/USA Michael Parkhurst/USA Stuart Holden/USA Robbie Rogers/USA Sacha Kljestan/USA Dax McCarty/USA Brian McBride/USA Emanuel Ekpo/Nigeria FORMER MLS PLAYERS Ramon […]

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/ 6476 days ago

SORE LOSERS

Nobody that I speak with will claim that Superliga has in anyway proven that MLS is somehow on par with the FMF. The gap that exists between the two leagues is still obvious though it appears the gap may be closing quite rapidly. But what this year’s Superliga has demonstrated is the sense of entitlement […]

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Sore losers Atlante in Superliga action

Nobody that I speak with will claim that Superliga has in anyway proven that MLS is somehow on par with the FMF. The gap that exists between the two leagues is still obvious though it appears the gap may be closing quite rapidly. But what this year's Superliga has demonstrated is the sense of entitlement […]

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US-Ivory Coast Post Match Thoughts

Let me first apologize for the delinquency of this post. I slept through this morning's match and then caught the match later on the internet. The match today showed some weakness for the US at the back early in the match playing a 4-4-2, but the team believe it or not caught lightning in a […]

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Does Superliga Have a Future?

Let me get out of the way that I am thrilled by Houston’s slaying of the monster that is Pachuca, and look forward to almost a near certain all MLS tournament final. This is the first victory by an MLS team over a Mexican team in a knock stage of a competition since 1998. However, […]