Inside the Six, Ep. #48: EPL Review, TOA Update, and My Words on Robert Enke

On the Wednesday edition of Inside the Six,

Seena Vali reviews the first third of the English Preview League season,

Kartik Krishnaiyer talks about the USL/TOA saga (courtesy of Set Piece Analysts), and
some personal thoughts on the untimely and tragic passing of Robert Enke.

As always, you can get this episode from World Soccer Reader, from my iTunes [...]

Podcast: Krishnaiyer On the TOA’s Breakaway League (SPA)

Those interested in this podcast need no explanation of what “TOA” or “breakaway league” entail.

With today’s news that the TOA as decided to petition FIFA for approval of a new league. The league will be composed of seven teams: Miami, Atlanta, Carolina, Minnesota, Montreal, Vancouver, and a new St. Louis team. [...]

Chelsea-Manchester United Review on EPL Talk Podcast

The new EPL Talk Podcast logo. Tattoos available at designated Florida parlors.

Right after today’s Chelsea-Manchester United match, I was the guest of Kartik Krishnaiyer on the EPL Talk podcast. We spent about 12 minutes talking about a relatively uneventful match, which doesn’t mean there was a lack of talking points. Within the [...]

Upcoming United Soccer Leagues Podcast, Have Questions?

One of the most popular podcasts I’ve done in the last month was my interview with Brian Quarstad from Inside Minnesota Soccer. Brian walked us through the history of the United Soccer Leagues (USL) and gave us perspective on the troubles the league is currently having.

For those who don’t know (in short), a group [...]

Inside the Six, Episode #34: The USL Story, with Brian Quarstad

Tomorrow’s Inside the Six looks at the developing situation with the United Soccer Leagues – the organization responsible for much of the competition below Major League Soccer on our domestic pyramid. USL was recently sold by Nike to a group called NuRock Holdings, who to date have been unwilling to implement chances the Team [...]

USL Update, Courtesy of Inside Minnesota Soccer

Along with Kartik Krishnaiyer over at The Kartik Report, Inside Minnesota Soccer’s Brian Quarstad has been doing yeoman’s work keeping the United States’ football-following public up-to-date on what’s happening with the United Soccer Leagues (USL).

If you don’t know the backstory, Brain has a page set up to track “United Soccer Leagues at a Crossroads.” You [...]

Russian Football Now Podcast #9: Premier, Champions League Previews

The ninth episode of Russian Football Now’s Podcast is the second consecutive where hosts Chris Riordan and Richard Farley welcome a guest onto the show. Kartik Krishnaiyer, known most for his work on EPL Talk and Major League Soccer Talk in addition to The Kartik Report, spends the show with us, giving his thoughts [...]

MLS Talk Appearance: U-20 World Cup, U.S. Development

Yesterday I was a guest on Kartik Krishnaiyer’s MLS Talk podcast along with MLS Talk’s Daniel Feurstein (who wrote a great piece on Leo Beenhakker early last month), and Ignacio Rodriguez of Traffic Sports (a great organization that was profiled here).

You can go to Major League Soccer Talk and listen to the podcast, visit my [...]

RF on Major League Soccer Talk Podcast

Kartik Krishnaiyer hosted myself and Fox Sports’ Jamie Tracker on Major League Soccer Talk’s podcast. Ostensibly, we’re talking about the recent returns of the United States’ Mens National Team, but we ended up talking about the reasons by why the last two matches have been two very narrow USMNT wins over nations which [...]

Inside the Six, Episode #18: WCQ/CONCACAF Preview

I get the feeling people are not going to like this one, but there are a lot of things about the United States’ World Cup chances that people are not talking about.  At least, until now.

Kartik Krishnaiyer joins me to talk about something we’ve been talking about for a while: The U.S. missing out on [...]