While playing with my kids on Sunday morning, I checked Twitter for a minute and was astonished to see that Jermain Defoe had just scored a hat trick for Tottenham Hotspur. My first impulse was to grab the remote and to switch on Fox Soccer Channel, but I was greeted with the live match between […]

The playoff numbers look like this... 5 year comparison Quarterfinals Totals(both legs) Avg +/- Teams 2005 13,273 NA CHI, COL, DAL, DCU, LA, NE, RBNY, SJ 2006 12,736 -4.05% CHI, COL, CHV, DAL, DCU, HOU, NE, RBNY 2007 17,041 33.81% CHI, CHV, DAL, DCU, HOU, KC, NE, RBNY 2008 14,960 -12.22% CHI, CHV, CLB, […]

Real Salt Lake may have had a middling season. They may have sneaked into the playoffs on the last day of the campaign. They may have a team of names that would never go on the MLS marquee. None of that matters very much right now. Real Salt Lake are deserved winners of the MLS […]

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 […]

It's been a nice return to club football this weekend after all 32 countries are now locked in & booked for South Africa next Summer. What a week it was though for memorable moments and unforgettable photos in world football. Long will football fans remember the handball heard 'round the world, the pain and dejection […]

Who Wins MLS Cup?(survey software)

Okay, admit it. Even though you thoroughly enjoy watching the Premier League, especially your favorite team each week, there are often times when you're not too bothered about missing a match on television featuring teams that either don't excite you or that you're not interested in. But which team in particular do you dread watching […]

Thank god the Premier League is back. Nothing against international football, but there's something very comforting with getting back into the ritual of watching Premier League football and being familiar with the surroundings, the pace of the game and the excitement it creates. So the Liverpool against Manchester City game on early Saturday was the […]

When football pundits discuss Carlos Tevez, they often talk about his "work rate" and his "eye for the ball." At times, though, the words "work rate" can morph into a backhanded compliment — as if those pundits are really saying, "He's rubbish as a goal scorer, but boy, he sure works hard, doesn't he?" Indeed, […]

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.

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.

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, […]

The appetite for commentary on the farce in Paris still seems strong, and I thought Arsene Wenger had a very wise take on the entire situation today. Wenger is, obviously, a French supporter and very close with Henry. In fairness to the Irish fans, the world football community, and for the sake of Henry, he […]

The congestion of international, domestic and cup competitions is beginning to show as the injury lists grow longer. Several top stars will be missing from the Matchday 5 stage. Let's take a look at how this might impact the results and standings. Eric Abidal – D – Barcelona The 30-year-old suffered a thigh injury on […]

I thought I should jump in on this issue while the water is still warm and explain an Irish view of Wednesday's larceny. In Ireland we do not do football dramas in small measures, Roy Keane's walkout at the 2002 World Cup practically sparked a civil war and now the 'Hand of Henry' has turned […]