Good afternoon everybody. The 15th season of Major League Soccer will kick off tonight with the Seattle Sounders playing host to the expansion Philadelphia Union. What better time is it to have a new SBI Live Q&A?
Submit your question in the CoverItLive template, and I will answer as many questions as I can for the next hour (or so).
Fire away:
Props Ives, great Q&A
Thanks for the response, Ives. Journalism is a strange profession in that way in that there is this objective attachment, at least from the perspective of not necessarily rooting for teams that you write about.
For sure, I was grateful for this too. I like to read Ives’ answers to our questions, but doing it live is even better because we can build off each other. Thanks again Ives!
The question about whether Ives is a fan of the USMNT is a good one. What do you all think? I think as a fan, we want to see some “homerism” if that’s a word. It makes me feel strange if someone who covers the US is not a fan in the least bit. I think you can write relatively objectively about a team and still be a fan, in fact, you should have an opinion. I don’t see how you can cover something and not be a fan of it.
Of course, Ives writes well and it won’t stop me from reading his blog or his articles.
(SBI- Why can’t you have an opinion if you’re not a fan of a team? Most sports writer aren’t fans of the teams they cover, and I can tell you that writers who have been fans quickly lose that fan connection once they’re covering a team. If anything, I think not being a fan makes your opinion more pure and based on reality rather than loyalties or preferences. That’s not to say a “fan” couldn’t be objective, but I think it can be tougher for a fan to be objective. )
Ives – Thank you! for doing these live chats. You’re really generous with your time. These chats are great. Keep up the great work.
Go Quakes!
Cold Chinese food is great!!!
ya next time i am going to ask. hey ives should i pick milk or soda to drink after i eat a peanut butter sandwich. and i will bet it will get through
(SBI-Einar, amigo, you (and everyone else) needs to realize that A) I’m getting hundreds of questions thrown at me and B) not all questions work in such a quick-fire format. I pick questions that I can answer quickly and well. I also miss good questions because so many fly by.)
What’s the deal with all the Goalie questions?
relax…this is suppose to be fun. Besides do you think you’re the only one who’s posted questions that weren’t answered? Ives must have hundreds of people asking…so if yours didnt show up try again next time…
Heh, not a single question of mine made it through. I must be asking not very intelligent questions:)
wow i dont understand how the simplest of questions beats my questions everytime. last time i do this
I wouldn’t say redesigned so much as made obsolete. mlssoccer.com is the new site. I’m surprised mlsnet doesn’t automatically redirect to mlssoccer
it works fine for me and i have firefox
is anyone aware that the kansas city wiazards made a press conference tonight to sign Sunil Chhetri and there are going to be 250 indian journalists? and that the news splashed all over India. also they waived michael kraus to make room.
It has, but I am having all kinds of issues. It either wont load or it loads without images and links don’t work.
You’d think this would be debugged prior to opening day.
no it hasn’t
mlsnet.com has been redesigned.
What’s Miami chance at the 20th expansion team.