latest articles by Kartik Krishnaiyer
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/ 6439 days agoMLS is Not a Proper Football League Part Infinity
Guevara and eight other TFC players will be missing Saturday/em> Okay, here I go again with another rant. Saturday every nation in the world still in Copa Mundial 2010 qualifying will be playing. Every domestic first division in the world will off this Saturday, save one: the incomparable Major League Soccer. Toronto FC is being […]
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/ 6439 days agoArsenal Partnership Pays Dividends for MLS Side
Stan Kroenke's possible takeover attempt on Arsenal a few years back has paid dividends for Kroenke's MLS side, Colorado Rapids. As part of the agreement when Kroenke bought into Arsenal, a partnership was developed with the MLS team which includes the development of a youth academy at DSG Park, the home of the Denver outfit, […]
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/ 6439 days agoOlympic Silver Medalist Returns To MLS
Emmanuel Ekpo became the active MLS player to advance the furthest in a major international competition in this Summer's Beijing Games playing in every match of Nigeria's run to the finals. Ekpo has now returned to the Crew and is ready to refocus on helping his club win the Supporters Shield and MLS Cup. Ekpo […]
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/ 6440 days agoPetke Power
Throughout Mike Petke’s Metrostars career a sign draped the wall at Giants Stadium which read Petke Power. For my money no lasting image of MLS early years was more vivid and more poignant than that sign. Mike Petke in fact has been one of the better defenders in MLS during his entire career. But the […]
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/ 6440 days agoMike Petke powers on at Colorado Rapids
Throughout Mike Petke's Metrostars career a sign draped the wall at Giants Stadium which read Petke Power. For my money no lasting image of MLS early years was more vivid and more poignant than that sign. Mike Petke in fact has been one of the better defenders in MLS during his entire career. But the […]
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/ 6440 days agoRichardson Headed To Columbus?
After scoring a hat trick against the New England Revolution in CONCACAF Champions League action, Joe Public striker Gregory Richardson told Goal.com he would like to play in Major League Soccer. Richardson indicated that Columbus has expressed interest in his services. Richardson who is Guyanese had scored last week in the first leg of […]
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/ 6440 days agoHypocrisy Typifies The Reaction of Opposing Fans to City Takeover
Color me sky blue and call me biased. On Monday, my concern about the takeover of Manchester City by Arab investors from Abu Dhabi had me concerned. Could these men be as callous and destructive as the American and other foreign ownership groups that have invested in Premier League clubs? Three days later after much […]
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/ 6440 days agoUnited and Islanders Record Big Wins: Why USL is so Successful on the Pitch
Tropical Storm Hanna has wreaked havoc on Haiti and it also delayed the start of tonight’s CONCACAF Champions League match between Puerto Rico and Alajuelense. For the first time ever a Costa Rican club has been eliminated from a CONCACAF tournament by an American club with the USL-1 side doing the honors. The Islanders won […]
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/ 6441 days agoIslanders and United Conquer: USL vs MLS
Tropical Storm Hanna has reaked havoc on Haiti and it also delayed the start of tonight's CONCACAF Champions League match between Puerto Rico and Alajuelense. For the first time ever a Costa Rican club has been eliminated from a CONCACAF tournament by an American club with the USL-1 side doing the honors. The Islanders won […]
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/ 6441 days agoUS Training Notes
I got the chance to spend some time at the US National Team's training session today in preperation for the upcoming World Cup qualifying matches against Cuba and Trinidad & Tobago. Nineteen players are in camp, and the team was in high spirits and looked lively on the training pitch. I had an opportunity to […]
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/ 6441 days agoImpact Wins: MLS Falters
Even after DC United beats the Charleston Battery in tonight’s US Open Cup Final, USL will have achieved something tangible that MLS failed at attempting, and failed badly at: to advance a team out of the qualifying round of the CONCACAF Champions League. Montreal got a draw on the road to Real Esteli and advance […]
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/ 6441 days agoImpact Advance: MLS Falters
Even after DC United beats the Charleston Battery in tonight's US Open Cup Final, USL will have achieved something tangible that MLS failed at attempting, and failed badly at: to advance a team out of the qualifying round of the CONCACAF Champions League. Montreal got a draw on the road to Real Esteli and advance […]
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/ 6442 days agoMajor League Soccer Talk Podcast #54: Ray Hudson
Ray Hudson is a playing, coaching and broadcasting figure who has few equals in the United States today. As a seven year member of the Fort Lauderdale Strikers of the NASL, Hudson played alongside such legends of the game as Nene Cubillias, Gerd Mueller and George Best. Later he played several for the Strikers of […]
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/ 6443 days agoSeason Saver?
DC United’s goalkeeping situation was dire when Louis Crayton the Liberian National Team keeper was signed a month ago. The Red and Black had recorded one clean sheet the entire season and had uncharacteristically lost all three games of the Superliga tournament at home. Zach Wells whom Crayton supplanted as the top keeper with United […]
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/ 6443 days agoSeason Saver: Louis Crayton
DC United's goalkeeping situation was dire when Louis Crayton the Liberian National Team keeper was signed a month ago. The Red and Black had recorded one clean sheet the entire season and had uncharacteristically lost all three games of the Superliga tournament at home. Zach Wells whom Crayton supplanted as the top keeper with United […]