latest articles by Kartik Krishnaiyer
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/ 6995 days agoDC United Does MLS Proud
Christian Gomez scored two goals as DC United cruised in the away leg of the CONCACAF Champions Cup Quarterfinals. DC United is the signature franchise of Major League Soccer despite the best efforts of the league office and Phil Anshcutz to make LA Galaxy the MLS' most recognizable franchise. United's famous 4-1 victory on Wednesday […]
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/ 6996 days agoConvey Out For Season
Bobby Convey will miss out on Reading's late season UEFA Cup push due to yet another knee surgery. Marcus Hannehman continues in goal for Reading however as the EPL newbies continues their improbable push for Europe.
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/ 6998 days agoWebster: Howard Earned His Keep
Fox Soccer's Nick Webster has this outstanding article on Tim Howard and his new contract, believed to be the richest ever for an American Footballer.
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/ 7000 days agoThe US Could Learn from Steve McClaren
Let me preface this blog post by saying I am in no way a fan of Steve McClaren and feel he is completely out of his league coaching England. But he does have one thing right: Friendlies need to be used to deepen the player pool so when major tournaments roll around you are fielding […]
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/ 7002 days agoUS Drawn with Paraguay and Columbia
Paraguay and Columbia join the US and Argentina in Copa America Group C. More on Copa America and the US prospects this weekend.
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/ 7003 days agoTim Howard Moves Permanently to Everton
Manchester United has agreed to sell Tim Howard to Everton for an undisclosed fee. With Ben Foster making his England debut last week in the loss to Spain, Manchester United has found their keeper of the future to replace Edwin Van De Sar. Foster who is on loan at Watford has been outstanding all season […]
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/ 7003 days agoUS Drawn With Argentina at Copa America
The rest of the draw will be made later today. This is certainly a challenge for the US Men but if we do send a true "A" side (which has not been indicated by the USSF) this could prove to be an invaluable building experience for our national team.
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/ 7005 days agoTwellman Staying in MLS Long Term
Taylor Twellman, the 2005 MLS MVP who has been largely disappointing as a National Team player has agreed to a long term contract to stay with the New England Revolution of MLS. Rumors had linked Twellman with several European clubs.
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/ 7006 days ago"The result was unjust," Hugo Sanchez said. "This is a unique game in that you can deserve to win and still lose.We deserved to win and they did not."
Hugo Sanchez is a living contradiction. In same time he aspired to be a great tactical manager he constantly criticized every recent Mexico manager until he landed himself the job. On one hand he marvels at the play of the United States and on the other he claims they are inferior to Mexico. On one […]
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/ 7008 days agoArsenal Colorado name change doesn't materialize
It appears the rumors which I had personally dismissed as far fetched maybe in fact true: That the Colorado Rapids would be signing a partnership with Arsenal and changing their name and colors. Considering Arsenal's American Supporters club is even larger than its UK Supporters club this maybe a very savvy move for the MLS […]
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/ 7009 days agoLandon Donovan’s Goal on YouTube
From Univision so we don't have to listen to ESPN's commentary! http://youtube.com/watch?v=rhYB6-jh-s0 If you insist on Dave O'Brien and Eric Wynalda: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOqYhKKhs78&NR
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/ 7010 days agoSuperClasico Win Boosts National Team Towards a Big Summer
Bob Bradley made Sunil Gulati's life a lot more difficult yesterday with the decisive 2-0 win over Mexico in front of a very hostile crowd in Glendale, Az. Much like Steve Sampson did 12 years ago when he was the interim coach while the USSF was waiting for Carlos Quieroz to become available, Bradley probably […]
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/ 7010 days agoUS-Mexico Thoughts
Pre Game Thoughts: Nice to see ESPN with the big game set up and production for this one after the minor league shame of the Denmark TV broadcast. When is this game actually going to begin?????????????? ESPN has no shame.......this hype before the game is disgusting. I can only take so much of Dave O'Brien […]
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/ 7010 days agoConor Casey MLS Bound
American Forward Conor Casey, passed over for US World Cup team thanks largely to injury has decided to leave Mainz 05 and play in MLS. Casey who for some reason was consistently in Bruce Arena's doghouse despite being one of very few American attacking players to have proved his value in an upper tier European […]
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/ 7012 days agoNot Really a Friendly
Bob Bradley sure wants to lose that interim label badly. Otherwise I see no reason for him to have selected what is essentially an "A" side with a few younger players for the friendly versus Mexico on Wednesday night in Glendale, Arizona. However, this is Mexico and it is difficult to label any US-Mexico game […]