latest articles by Kartik Krishnaiyer
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/ 6264 days agoSebrango Brace Paces Montreal
In front of over 55,000 at Olympic Stadium, the Montreal Impact of USL-1 worked off some of the side's substantial preseason rust and were victorious 2-0 over Santos Laguna. Despite the victory which gives the Impact an excellent chance of advancing from the two leg tie, Montreal looked like a team playing in its preseason […]
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/ 6265 days agoCan Guzan Get the Job Done?
Brad Guzan has been anointed as Tim Howard's backup for international play with the US National Team. But count me among the skeptics as to whether or not Guzan is really ready for this responsibility. With Howard suspended for the next US qualifier in El Salvador, we'll learn a lot next month about the Aston […]
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/ 6266 days agoToronto FC: Finally Canada's Team
After two years after gradually becoming less and less Canadian Toronto FC is finally getting the message. As Canada's sole first division professional football club, TFC has been a disappointment to some fans north of the border the in its first two seasons due to a lack of commitment to promote Canadian players. Having seen […]
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/ 6266 days agoMilan Insults The American Game
"In the States they look at the commercial aspect. But in Europe transfers are done for technical reasons." AC Milan VP Adriano Galliani Oh really Mr. Galliani? This statement could not be further from the truth and is quite frankly an insult to those who have worked tirelessly to take a grassroots game in this […]
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/ 6266 days agoRevised Post
After some very enlightening commentary from readers and some soul searching I have revised my post of last week on conservatives and sports writers to just focus on the sports writers part. It was irresponsible of me to incite such passions especially since I consider myself a southerner who dislikes the Northeast and the passions […]
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/ 6266 days agoIt's U-20 Time Again: Rongen Picks His Squad
Jarred Jeffery from Getty Images It seems like just yesterday when Freddy Adu and Jozy Altidore were leading the United States U-20 team to a nationally televised prime time victory over Brazil in Canada. The victory gave the United States first place in its group in the U-20 2007 World Cup. But like the 2005 […]
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/ 6267 days agoCould Obama's Election Hurt the US Bid to Host the World Cup?
The election of Barack Obama was met with adulation in Europe and Africa but with skepticism throughout Asia and Latin America. Speculation has been abound that Obama's election helps the US cause for landing a future World Cup. But Obama's election is by no means a universal positive for the USSF's hopes of hosting the […]
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/ 6267 days agoCONCACAF Champions League Previews
The CONCACAF Champions League resumes Tuesday with three quarterfinals matchups involving sides from American based leagues. Houston vs Atlante The Dynamo have done well to get this far and boast a 4-0 win over Atlante in the opening group match of last season's Superliga. But without Dwayne DeRosario, arguably the best player in the 13 […]
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/ 6268 days agoGalaxy Show Signs for the Future in Pan Pacific PK Loss: Beckham Impact Minimal
The Los Angeles Galaxy Football club has become the beating doll of the English and Italian media over the past month. A media who knows very little of football in the United States and even less of football in Asia, unless its throngs of Chinese watching Manchester United via Rupert Murdoch's satellite systems. Last night […]
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/ 6269 days agoMilan Taking Galaxy "For a Ride" over Beckham
Since we've spent part of the past few days on this site discussing lousy journalism, including the Baseball./American Football centric American sports writers and commentators, it's time to focus on recent inaccurate reporting in the European press. Over the past ten days numerous stories with no factual basis whatsoever have appeared in the Italian and […]
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/ 6269 days agoMiami Bid Far From Dead
Yesterday MLS Rumors and Goal.com broke the story about the apprehension Barcelona has about the downturn in the US economy and their current venture in Miami for an MLS expansion team. Message Boards have filled up with posters, many of which know little about the situation that have said "good" and "Miami never deserved another […]
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/ 6270 days agoMajor League Soccer Talk Podcast #65: Daniel Feuerstein
MLS Talk Podcast # 65: Daniel Feuerstein Major League Soccer Talk's newest writer Daniel Feuerstein sits down with Kartik Krishnaiyer to discuss the David Beckham saga and the US National Team. Feuerstein, who covers the New York Red Bulls for the Champions Soccer Radio Network will be contributing to Major League Soccer Talk periodcially.
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/ 6270 days agoBeckham Developments
I'm glad everyone is having a good time with the conservative/sports writer article. For the record many liberals hate football as well in the United States but the conservatives I deal with and watch on TV (I work in public policy and political communications so I deal with conservatives regularly and have a few as […]
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/ 6270 days agoThe (American) Sports Writer War on Football in America
Authors Note: Thanks for all the feedback. The conservative thing was based more on observing FOX News which immigrant baits and talks about soccer in very negative terms and my own interaction with conservatives, many of whom I work with and have had as clients about the hostility to Football (soccer) because it is a […]
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/ 6271 days agoLeft Back Misery: Can Heath Pearce Really Start in a World Cup?
Two years ago, Heath Pearce declared himself the best left back in the US National Team player pool. This came after an outstanding Janaury camp in 2006 which saw Pearce enter the discussion for a spot in Germany 2006 only to see an injury and lack of experience thwart his chances to make the final […]