MLS

  • Kartik Krishnaiyer

    Soc Takes Pod Ep. 8: From A to Z with Kartik Krishnaiyer

    Boca Raton FC director of communications and one of the sharpest soccer minds around, Kartik Krishnaiyer, joins Aaron, Nipun and Kevin to discuss literally every soccer league in America. Strap in and enjoy the ride. Listen: You can follow Soc Takes on Twitter @SocTakes....
  • Matt Doyle

    Soc Takes Pod Ep. 6: MLS talk with ‘Armchair Analyst’ Matt Doyle

    We’re joined by MLSsoccer.com senior writer Matt Doyle this week to discuss the state of U.S. Soccer, Atlanta United FC’s impressive start and the 180-degree turnaround by Minnesota United FC. The “Armchair Analyst” also sizes up the USMNT talent pool and talks about his background in the game from the media side. Listen:...
  • Major League Soccer picks

    Major League Soccer picks: Week 7

    2017 record: 14-14 Profit/loss: -35.48 Here are my MLS picks for Week 7: Philadelphia Union/New York City FC Draw +250 Risk 40 to win 100 Orlando City SC Pick ‘Em -150 Risk 75 to win 50 Chicago Fire/New England Revolution Draw +260 Risk 38.46 to win 100 New York Red Bulls/D.C. United...
  • Nick Rimando - MLS picks

    KJ’s Week 6 MLS picks

    2017 record: 11-11 Profit/loss: -42.02 After sitting out last weekend’s shortened MLS slate due to the World Cup Qualifiers, I’m back with a few hopeful winners. Here are my MLS picks for Week 6: Chicago Fire/Columbus Crew SC Draw +260 Risk 38.46 to win 100 Both clubs made recent...
  • MLS to Indy

    MLS to Indy: Building an empire of the mind

    Winston Churchill said, “The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.” In Indianapolis, all we unfortunately have is an “empire of the mind.” Like ancient Rome, Major League Soccer, so confident in its continual expansion, revealed in December of 2016 that it planned to add four...
  • Grant Wahl

    Soc Takes Pod Ep. 3: SI’s Grant Wahl talks Arena, Klinsmann, Pulisic, MLS expansion

    Sports Illustrated senior writer Grant Wahl joins the panel to discuss the differences between Bruce Arena and Jurgen Klinsmann, young Borussia Dortmund and U.S. national team phenom Christian Pulisic, and the cities most likely to have their Major League Soccer bids accepted. Use the hashtag #SocTakesPod to join the...
  • Week 4 MLS picks

    KJ’s Week 4 MLS picks

    2017 record: 9-10 Profit/loss: -44.52 As George Costanza once proudly exclaimed: “I’m back, baby!” Well, that’s a stretch, but I did come to within one win of coming out of the red. Not bad for going winless on the handful of draws I’ve played so far. Here are my...
  • KJ’s Week 3 MLS picks

    2017 record: 4-8 Profit/loss: -202.80 The first two weeks haven’t been ideal thanks to an 0-4 record on draws, so hopefully a nice bounce back to normal variance will soon be in order. Here are my plays for Week 3: New York City FC/Montreal Impact Over 3.0 -110 Risk 55 to win 50...
  • Chicago Fire

    KJ’s Week 2 MLS picks

    2017 record: 3-6 Profit/loss: -173.39 Ouch. After a rough opening weekend, I’m back with a few more losers winners this week. Hey, if every degenerate quit after one bad weekend, the sports books wouldn’t get much action. #SocTakesLogic Here are my plays for Week 2: Chicago Fire/Real Salt Lake...
  • Dom Dwyer

    Sporting Kansas City trio preserves clean sheet on wild corner

    Sporting Kansas City escaped its season opener at D.C. United with a point from a scoreless draw. Truth be told, SKC might’ve been the better side Saturday, dominating possession and out-shooting the hosts 15 to nine. But the strong performance by the visitors certainly wasn’t lacking in the heroics department,...
  • Week 10 MLS piks

    KJ’s Week 1 MLS picks

    2017 record: 0-0 Profit/loss: 0.00 I probably won’t have this many plays during most weeks, but why not come out with a bang for Major League Soccer’s opening weekend? Here goes: Portland Timbers/Minnesota United FC Under 3.0 -130 Risk 65 to win 50 Bookmakers are probably counting on Minnesota...
  • Orlando City Stadium

    Video: Sneak peek at beautiful new Orlando City Stadium

    Kaka, Antonio Nocerino and Jonathan Spector marvel at the gorgeous confines of Orlando City Stadium, the new home of Orlando City SC. Built just a few blocks directly east of their previous digs, Camping World Stadium, the Lions will officially open the new stadium on March 5 when they host New...