Hello all. It is time for your latest installment of Your Questions Answered. This is the second of four parts of the most recent Q&A session.There are plenty of topics covered, from the U.S. World Cup 2010 team to MLS expansion to the Chicago Fire and New York Red Bulls.Let's get started. Here are some more of your questions answered:MARK- Will Juan Pablo Angel be a Red Bull in '09? IVES- I say yes. It's been a frustrating year for him, but with the new stadium set to open and the team having plenty of money and a DP spot to use, I think Angel will be convinced to stay.---------------------------- DCU Fan- Who will be the head coach of DC next season? Will it still be Soehn, or do you see someone else in the position?  read more »

Good afternoon folks. I'm sure some of you thought you would never see the Q&A return, but I did finally find the time to finish answering the last round of questions from January. I have stated it before but I will say it now. All future Q&A sessions will take place on Friday and the answers will be posted on the following Monday. As for the last round of questions, here they are, the rest of your questions answered: LUIS- Any news on clint mathis? IVES- Mathis made his first appearance for Greek club Ergotelis two weeks ago and last...Ives Galarcep

Hello all. Apologies for the lack of posts this morning but I was finishing off the last of the most recent Q&A and also working on a piece for ESPN.com on my picks for the MLS All-Star game Starting XI. First things first. I definitely wanted to answer the remaining questions from the last Q&A so I could clear the way for another Q&A session later today (stay tuned for that). Now, without further delay, here are the rest of your questions answered. -------------------------------------- TOM - As shown v. Spain yesterday (and continually in MLS) U.S.-bred players are not adept at holding possession and passing the way it is done in Europe and S. America. All too often we see a "JUST KICK IT" mentality. Is there a new generation of U.S.  read more »

Hello all. Apologies for the lack of posts this morning but I was finishing off the last of the most recent Q&A and also working on a piece for ESPN.com on my picks for the MLS All-Star game Starting XI. First things first. I definitely wanted to answer the remaining questions from the last Q&A so I could clear the way for another Q&A session later today (stay tuned for that). Now, without further delay, here are the rest of your questions answered.Ives Galarcep

Remember that Memorial Day Q&A session I was supposed to do? The one where I was going to answer all the questions on Memorial Day from the previous Friday's Q&A? Well, as you know, I didn't get around to answering all of your questions. If you were wondering what happened to the rest of the questions, I was finally able to answer them, so here they are. The rest of your Memorial Day weekend questions answered: ------------------------- FUMAR - What's your take on the SuperLiga this year? It was really entertaining and I'd like to see it survive. Are the Mexican Clubs taking it seriously or are they using it as a warm up to the apertura, putting reserve players in to get them some playing time? If you could how would you change the tournament?  read more »

Good morning all. It is a seriously slow day on the American soccer front. MLS coaches are traveling around trying to land players before opening camp next week (and before the January transfer window closes). There should be some big news emerging later this week as contracts get signed and the new crop of MLS talent prepares to come aboard. For those of you who had forgotten, I never did complete the final Q&A session on the old Soccer By Ives site. I'm sure some of you gave up on hearing answers to them but I refused to just forget...Ives Galarcep

Good morning everybody. Let's start the day off with a little Q&A. I was able to knock out some more of the questions of the most recent Q&A and am hoping to tackle another portion of it for the afternoon.For now, here are some more of your questions answered:NICK- Ives, what are the mini banners "DP Coming June 2008" about on your site and other soccer sites?IVES- I'm not at liberty to say but it will come out soon enough.--------------------MARKSPENCE02- What do you think about the FC Dallas potential hire of Schellas Hyndman?Outside of The Bruce, do college coaches succeed in MLS?IVES- I've stated repeatedly that I think it's a mistake.  read more »

Good afternoon everybody. While we await word on some big news on the MLS front, here are some of the answers to the last Q&A session I did on the old SBI site. JASON - USA MNT 1st XI since 1990? IVES - Wow. Got a tougher question?  read more »

What to do when a club which has won more hardware alone than all other MLS clubs combined is coming apart at the seams and suffering loss after loss with no end in sight?  read more »

Good afternoon folks. Apologies for the lack of posts but I have had some website-related issues to attend to as well as going to Red Bulls practice today. I will be putting up some posts in the early evening but for now here is the first part of the most recent Q&A. Apologies for not being able to maintain the recent run of quick turnarounds for the Q&A sessions but these past two weeks were a bit nutty. I will post the first part now and am aiming to post the rest throughout the day on Friday. So here are...Ives Galarcep