Meet The Writers

Meet the reg­u­lar con­trib­u­tors of World Cup Buzz:

Kar­tik Krish­naiyer is a life­long fan and sup­porter of the beau­ti­ful game who has been attend­ing matches in the United States since he was six years old. Between 1981 and 1983 he served as a ball boy for the NASL’s Fort Laud­erdale Strik­ers. He then was often spot­ted at Lock­hart Sta­dium sup­port­ing the Fort Laud­erdale Sun of the USL (1984–85) and the Fort Laud­erdale Strik­ers of the ASL (now USL) in the late 1980s. As far as Euro­pean Foot­ball he sup­ports Man­ches­ter City F.C. and is also a long time sea­son ticket holder for Uni­ver­sity of Miami Hur­ri­cane Foot­ball and Bas­ket­ball. He is cur­rently the host of the Major League Soc­cer Talk pod­cast and also co-hosts the Cham­pi­ons Soc­cer Radio Net­work (CSRN) Amer­i­can Soc­cer Show twice weekly. He is also a fre­quent con­trib­u­tor to the 2Gs, CSRN’s Daily Head­line Show and CSRN’s Euro­pean Foot­ball Show. He is mar­ried and has two cats and a dog.

George D. Metel­lus is a prod­uct of many dif­fer­ent influ­ences that have forged his love of football/soccer and life. It began with his Hait­ian upbring­ing, con­tin­ued with his child­hood in Miami, 4-year ser­vice in the U.S. Air Force and a proud degree from The Uni­ver­sity of Miami. ITS ALL ABOUT THE U!.  The inter­est in writ­ing came via radio. At WVUM 90.5 FM, George & three friends cre­ated a talk show ded­i­cated to soc­cer and it grew into a pod­cast called, Mad About Fut­bol. It strength­ened as a board op/producer at WQAM 560 AM and led to posi­tion writ­ing for Goal.com. He is also the pub­lic address announcer of UMi­ami soc­cer & track events.  The Miami native con­tin­ues to con­tribute to Mad About Futbol.com and lists his favorite football/soccer clubs as: Miami Hur­ri­cane Amer­i­can foot­ball, FC Barcelona, FC Inter­nazionale Milano, Brazil­ian & Hait­ian national teams. His favorite quote is from Yoda in Empire Strikes Back. “Do or do not, There is no try,”

The Gaffer, founder of World Cup Buzz, has been fol­low­ing football/soccer for more than 30 years. Born in Wales, he is a for­mer jour­nal­ist who now lives in Florida and spends his time ana­lyz­ing the influ­ence of soc­cer world­wide. His writ­ing cre­den­tials include The Palm Beach Post, Palm Beach Illus­trated, South Florida Sun-Sentinel and the now defunct Match­day Mag­a­zine.