After a three week hiatus, Kartik Krishnaiyer returns to host the show with some excerpts from our EPL Talk interview with critically acclaimed and best selling author, Simon Kuper. Brian Zygo also catches up with Rico Clark to get his thoughts on scoring for the US in front of his father and World Cup qualification.

Among the topics discussed with Kuper are:

• The use of statistics in European Football
• What European football can learn from American sports
• Why American sports are not very popular globally
• British Imperialism versus American Imperialism as it relates to growing sports
• The use of the term "soccer" versus "football"

The full length interview with Kuper is availible at our sister site EPL Talk.

I want to thank Daniel Feuerstein for sitting in for me last week, and bring us some compelling and interesting content on Giants Stadium and Red Bull Arena. I would also like to announce that this particular show is an attempt to get back to our roots. Content with news makers and in depth interviews. In recent years, a proliferation of websites and shows about Football in the US have appeared. While we've enjoyed bringing you shows on current events, those will now be limited to in and around USMNT matches, MLS Cup, and perhaps other big news like this unfolding USL/TOA situation. Many websites and programs do an excellent job of broadcasting on current topics weekly. Two of them, the Football Pub, and Match Fit USA I will recommend here to those want a weekly fix on current events.

We will still be broadcasting weekly or bi-weekly, but will return our focus to interviews and perhaps in depth analysis on a single current topic, rather than presenting a complete weekly look at the world of football in the US. As stated above, the USMNT matches will continue to be analyzed in detail and you can continue to expect the best guests, such as Jamie Trecker and others to break things down on the show.

Among the topics discussed are:

• The development of Canadian football/soccer through the early 1960s
• When the term soccer replaced the term football to describe the sport in North America
• The American Soccer League
• The impact of foreign imports on the ASL
• The rivalry between Bethlehem Steel and Fall River
• The rivalry between Fall River and New Bedford
• Who was the best American players of the ASL era
• The 1930 US World Cup team’s success
• Was the 1930 US Team really a “British” team?
• The 1950 US World Cup victory over England
• Did the 1950 World Cup team use foreign nationals in the victory over England?
• The NASL’s impact on youth soccer
• The Cosmos lore and how it lives today outside North America
• The rivalry between the New York Cosmos and Tampa Bay Rowdies
• Much, much more………………

Additionally, we get a report on the San Jose Earthquakes with player interviews and features from our correspondent, Robert Jonas.

Fox Sports Jamie Trecker and World Soccer Reader's Richard Farley joins us to discuss the following topics.

• US Player Development in the wake of two lackluster qualifying wins
• The state of the US program
• Where the US stacks up against other international sides
• Mexico's re-emergence as a power under Javier Aguirre
• Bob Bradley's team management
  
• The attitude of Americans fans and press
• Does the US have an issue integrating minority players into its national setup
• Will the US look at a non-American coach anytime in the near future

This and much more on an action packed MLS Talk Podcast brought to you by Audible.

Kartik Krishnaiyer and Chris Rirodan co-located for this show discuss the US-El Salvador match and the choices Bob Bradley must make for next year’s World Cup. Clint Dempsey as a #10, should Brian Ching start ahead of Jozy Altidore, will Edgar Castillo feature at left back and whether or not Eddie Johnson should get another look are among the big picture items discussed. Additionally, we discuss the US Open Cup Final, DC United’s 4-4-2 vs a 3-5-2, the recent success of Bruce Arena’s Galaxy, and the USL situation.