Kyle Martino has his dream job. But he nevertheless contemplated leaving it.
Martino was a six-year Major League Soccer player and occasional U.S. national teamer before injuries cut his career short. Now, he's a respected English Premier League analyst with NBC Sports. Together with Rebecca Lowe, Robbie Earle and Robbie Mustoe, he forms a much-laureled broadcast team that has helped push the EPL deeper into the American mainstream.
But something is nagging at the 36-year-old Martino.
He is a product and proponent of the American game. And he can't abide its recent direction, or, as he sees it, the lack thereof.