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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/ 5948 days ago

MLS Talk Podcast #129: Sean Grybos, Soccer City FC

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

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/ 5949 days ago

Keller & Donovan Speak out on the CBA

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 rising. Today FIFPro, which represents football players around the globe released a statement by US […]

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/ 5950 days ago

EPL Talk Podcast: Shane O'Rourke, Premium Sports

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: why he left Setanta Sports, what his biggest achievement was at Setanta, the impact that […]

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/ 5950 days ago

MLS Combine and NASL AGM

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 Federation last week to not sanction the startup league (which is largely formed by existing […]

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/ 5950 days ago

MLS Combine: Interview with Seth Sinovic

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 year of eligibility just prior to leaving for the event in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Sinovic […]

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/ 5951 days ago

EPL Talk Podcast: Welcome Back Leeds United

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 only Premier League interview and analysis podcast available for free. In the past few weeks, […]

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/ 5951 days ago

Donovan Should Emulate Dempsey

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 assert himself in a loan spell at Everton. Rejecting his comfort zone for a challenge […]

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/ 5951 days ago

Manchester United 0:1 Leeds United- Welcome to the War of the Roses, New Footy Fans

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 today. Leeds United, one of the giant clubs of the last forty years in English […]

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/ 5954 days ago

MLS Talk Podcast

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

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/ 5954 days ago

MLS Player of the Decade: Dwayne De Rosario

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 this decade in the league. DeRo had a short stint in Germany, before excelling for […]

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/ 5955 days ago

USL Decade in Review

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 relationships with the press, but deference towards MLS leads many writers to simply ignore USL […]

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/ 5957 days ago

The Decade in MLS

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 Steve Nicol Sigi Schmid Dave Sarachan

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/ 5957 days ago

EPL Talk Podcast: Stefan Szymanski

Stefan Szymanski, noted sports economist and co-author of the book Soccernomics (with Simon Kuper) joins us on the EPL Talk podcast to discuss the book and other economic trends in football. Don’t forget that the EPL Talk Podcast is the only Premier League interview and analysis podcast available for free. In the past few weeks, […]

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/ 5958 days ago

The USMNT Decade: Best and Worst

Best Team Performance of Decade: 2002 World Cup vs Portugal Without Claudio Reyna and Clint Mathis the US took the field against a Portuguese side making its first World Cup appearance in sixteen years. Still, Portugal had been outstanding at the Euro 2000 tournament and boasted a collection of world class players including Luis Figo, […]

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/ 5958 days ago

This Weekend's Group C Opposition Results

Algeria Nadir Belhadj played a poor 45 minutes for Portsmouth and was subbed out. Hassan Yedba dressed but stayed on the bench. Both players left for the Cup of African Nations after this match. Hameur Bouazza came on in the 87th minute for Blackpool in a 2-0 Coca Cola Championship victory over Derby County. Yazid […]