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/ 5992 days agoMLS' Players Deserve Better
For the last week we heard about the great 2009 for Major League Soccer. Please pardon me, while I take a step back from Don Garber’s rhetoric and raise the ugly side of 2009 in American soccer. I will not dispute that this summer appeared to be the tipping point for the sport in the […]
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/ 5992 days agoEPL Talk Podcast: Chris Oakley
Frequent guest Chris Oakley of Some People on the Pitch, the Sound of Football and the Onion Bag joins us to discuss International Football, West Ham United, and the World Cup Draw. Be sure not to miss a single episode of the EPL Talk Podcast, the only Premier League interview show on the Internet. We […]
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/ 5993 days agoMLS Cup Thoughts: Did I Really Get it Right or Just Get Lucky?
Before the season, I picked Real Salt Lake to win the Western Conference and play in MLS Cup. Along with DuNord’s Bruce McGuire and a few other bloggers who made this prediction, I looked worse and worse as the MLS Regular Season wore on. My projection of RSL to win the West was based on […]
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/ 5993 days agoRobbie Earle Interview: EPL Talk Podcast
Robbie Earle MBE, leading Football pundit joins us to discuss his career in football and broadcasting. Be sure not to miss a single episode of the EPL Talk Podcast, the only Premier League interview show on the Internet. We have a long list of high-profile guests scheduled over the next weeks each with their own […]
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/ 5994 days agoMLS Talk Podcast #121: USMNT Week in Review, USL/TOA Mess Continues
Kartik Krishnaiyer and Daniel Feuerstein break down a bad week for the USMNT and talk about the USL/TOA mess. On Monday, we will have an MLS Cup special wrap up show.
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/ 5994 days agoWorld Cup Power Poll
Major League Soccer Talk's Robert Jonas, and Kartik Krishnaiyer were among the voters in Set Piece Analysts World Cup Power Poll. The United States finished 24th in the survey of prominent soccer bloggers and tweeters in the United States. Mexico was 9th and Honduras, 28th.
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/ 5995 days agoTOA Grabs Two Pieces of NASL Legacy
This morning, my personal site, the Kartik Report along with partner site Inside Minnesota Soccer was among those breaking the story that Crystal Palace Baltimore and Paul Dalglish's Tampa Bay Rowdies were joining the new TOA "breakaway" league . Later it was reported at USL News, and discussed at Match Fit USA among other places, […]
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/ 5995 days agoHenry's Story Continues to "Evolve" Thanks to Public Opinion
Since Thierry Henry’s handball on Wednesday, the former Arsenal striker’s reaction has gone from arrogance, to indifference to being contrite. From where I sit, this simply proves that Henry is a Public Relations driven phony. He’s cultivated an image for over a decade in conjunction with his handlers and now sees the possibility it can […]
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/ 5996 days agoEPL Talk Podcast: Henry Aftermath from a French Perspective
On this episode of the EPL Talk Podcast, host Kartik Krishnaiyer and French Football expert Dave Trotter discuss one of the most controversial football stories of the year — the Thierry Henry handball incident for France against Ireland which ended up knocking the Republic Of Ireland out of the World Cup qualifying match while France […]
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/ 5996 days agoWhat We've Learned From the USMNT European Adventure
The United States played two tough European opponents and were defeated in both matches. But we certainly learned something from both games, and thus this European Adventure has been useful for Bob Bradley. The US has its style: tactically Bob Bradley is modeling his team after what Carlo Ancelotti did at AC Milan. Two deep […]
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/ 5996 days agoEPL Talk Podcast: The Thierry Henry Aftermath
On this episode of the EPL Talk Podcast, host Kartik Krishnaiyer and co-host Laurence McKenna discuss one of the most controversial football stories of the year — the Thierry Henry handball incident for France against Ireland which ended up knocking the Republic Of Ireland out of the World Cup qualifying match while France will be […]
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/ 5997 days agoMLS Must Reject Henry
In my EPL Talk piece yesterday, I discussed all of the reasons that Ireland's potential qualification was better for World Football than France's would be. Much of this thought process centered on the importance of American market to the success of the World Cup. But alas, Giovanni Trapattoni's side was defeated at the hands of Thierry […]
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/ 5997 days agoThierry Henry's Responsibility
In my piece yesterday, I discussed all of the reasons that Ireland's potential qualification was better for World Football than France's would be. I detailed my reasoning without any mention that a group of hard working custodians of the game should not be denied by a group of talented but unsporting cheats. But that is […]
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/ 5997 days agoCONCACAF Matchday
Welcome from Land Shark Stadium in Miami. Honduras, a World Cup qualifier from CONCACAF takes on Peru here. Down in Montevideo, Costa Rica fell 2-1 on aggregate in Uruguay for the final spot in South Africa. Earlier today, a US side made up largely of reserves was beaten by a Danish side made up almost […]