George Pasley has written the most comprehensive manifesto to date about what American soccer can and should be. We talk to him today about his new book.

Manchester City storm out of the gates in August 2007 including a derby win over Manchester United. But then reality bites back with two successive losses away from Eastlands, to Arsenal and Blackburn. Despite the setbacks, City hit the first international break sitting 5th.

Kartik Krishnaiyer gives his commentary on the antitrust suit and what he feels is a horrible missed opportunity to improve the game in the United States and unleash the power of free market economics and a true meritocracy in the domestic game.

Manchester City fans embraced the takeover by the controversial former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra who hired Eriksson as Manager. Then Manchester City proceeded to spend lavishly by the club’s recent standards over the summer, landing among others the brilliant Brazilian Elano and Bulgarian winger Martin Petrov.

The Manchester City that Sven-Göran Eriksson inherited in 2007 had not made a major cup final in 26 years and had not won a trophy in 31 years. Yet between 1968 and 1977, Manchester City won five major trophies and finished a single point behind the champions in the league (then the English First Division) twice. But by 1983 the club was slipping into a purgatory that would not end until Sven’s appointment. We discuss the entire 1967 to 2007 period in this podcast.

Two big pieces of new dropped today in the domestic soccer scene - Kartik Krishnaiyer gives quick analysis of both here.

A brief introduction to our podcast series on Sven-Göran Eriksson's Manchester City tenure which debuts on January 27.

Denis Law passed away Friday aged 84. One of the most outstanding careers ever for a Scottish footballer. Here are some thoughts.

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Kartik Krishnaiyer gives his thoughts on the first few days of the trial.

DISCLAIMER: Kartik is in a unique position to talk about these events, given his previous employment with the entities impacted, but that is not coloring his objectivity.

Kartik pays tribute to one of his favorite footballers of all-time who passed on Monday aged 90.