Hello everybody. What better day than New Year’s Day to tell you all about the changes to Soccer By Ives and changes for yours truly. If you are reading this then you have found your way to the new version of Soccer By Ives. The changes go well beyond the design and web address of the site you’ve come to know as SBI.
I am leaving the Herald News after 10 years at the paper in order to devote myself to launching and running a soccer news website that readers from all over the country, and American soccer fans all over the world, can come to for the best mix of news and analysis around. My plan is to make SBI a one-stop shop for all your soccer news needs. Curious about European transfers? Wondering who the next coaching hire will be? Dying to know about a rumored trade? Interested in hearing other people’s opinions on the big news of the day? You will find all of these elements on SBI.
The new SBI will also broaden its focus to provide more news from around the country. My New Jersey roots will always assure that there will be a strong New York/New Jersey component to the site, but you can rest assured that there will be more news and insight on all the teams in Major League Soccer. Breaking news in other markets was already an element of SBI, but now I will make a concerted effort to cater to fans throughout the nation.
This new venture may sound like a risky one to some, but the growth of the original SBI, and the support of its readers, gave me the confidence and desire to give this a chance. There is a strong and growing army of soccer fans in this country who are hungry for information and analysis about the sport they love, but who struggle to find that in the mainstream American media. My goal is to have SBI help fill that void.
The site will officially go live on January 2 so make sure to bookmark the new web address and check back in soon for the latest from the world of soccer.
Please feel free to share your thoughts on the new site, and anything else, below in the comments section.
Congratulations Ives. Best of luck
Good luck with the new site, Ives. I like the new look.
One thing I was wondering, though:
I follow your blog through the RSS feed, do you think you could set it up so it shows the full post you make? Right now it shows about five lines of your posts and then cuts off. The feed from the Herald News showed the entirety of your posts.
Wishing you all the best with your new site. Always wondered how you had the time to have another job besides the blog anyway. The info you provide is second to none, so thanks again and God speed
congrats on the new site, love keeping up with your blog
Hey Bryan, thanks for pointing out the RSS feed issue. I have fixed it.
Congratulations Ives, I will try to come to the site rather than just reading the RSS feed. I know y’all will probably make some of your $ through ads, or at least I hope you will and that you won’t be going subscription.
Also, my first read of your tagline at the top of the page was a little scary… especially since I got your update via e-mail. I read it as “Spaming the world of soccer with an American voice and a Jersey flavor”
Best of luck with your new venture, Ives. It is a daring step, but I think you can pull it off.
Ahhhhh. Much more intuitive URL, thanks!
Congrats Ives,
you deserve it
Congrats, Ives! Best of luck!
Wow! Very exciting stuff. I’ve changed the bookmark. Best of luck.
Whew.. no more narrow column and red-orange
. Congrats, Ives! Here’s to a great 2008!
Ives, congratulations. This is an impressive site, and a big move by you.
Really excited to see what you can do!
Congratulations on the ballsy move. Leaving a regularly paying gig with benefits for the longshot possibility of making equal bank with a soccer blog is definitely ballsy. Good luck and I’ll be reading.
Ives,
I couldn’t be happier for you. Best of luck.
Congrats Ives!
Wish You the Best n Happy New Year!
Congrats Ives, your time has come, you deserve it. Just keep doing what you doing. God bless!
Ives-
This is simply awesome.
Ives, simply…well deserved! Here’s to an exciting ’08 with you and the rest of the SBI community.
Good Luck Ives.
This blog is must read, has been since I first found it. Looking forward to the new website.
Patrick
Thanks for the quick fix, Ives!
Awesome news. I hope this is a huge success!
I look forward to checking in frequently.
Did you wear yellow today? I saw on Travel Channel last night that wearing yellow on New Years day is done for good luck in Peru, so I thought that would be appropriate…
Best of luck on your new venture, Ives!
Congrats Ives.
Definitely looking forward to it. All the best in 2008.
Congrats and best of luck Ives. Here’s to a great transfer season and new year.
Ives, the site looks great. I like the three-column layout. Best of luck in the new year with your new enterprise.
Congratulations, Ives, and best of luck with the new site!
Congrats Ives! Exciting times for you and the US Soccer community. I admire that you are following your passion.
Count me in! Best of luck!
Ives,
Best of luck! Don’t forget South American Soccer, which tended to be a little overlooked in your former blog site.
Dude! Great news, great move, and I hope it turns out for the best, as I’m sure it will. SBI was already my first stop for general footy related news and info, and especially Metro/RB/MLS stuff, so this move makes perfect sense to me!
Ives,
So glad I got my picture with you at the NYRB vs LA(Beckham) game. With all the sure success you’re going to have, it will be like trying to snag a pic w/JPA or Jozy now!! Best of luck.
Cheers, Ives.
Best of luck with the new venture. Your blog is always my first stop. I appreciate your commitment and faith in your readership.
Best of luck Ives. I really enjoy your blogs.
MLS to St. Louis!
Looks Great! Congrats!
Obviously I think this is awesome, but I keep getting flagged for comment spam. I don’t get it.
Hey KPugs, sorry about that. I don’t have any control over that but you can rest assured that if you have a comment flagged as spam I can unflag it so that it shows up. In other words, you won’t have to write the same post three or four times.
go ives!
Finally a URL I can remember! No really though, congratulations Ives.
From my perspective, I think this will be a definite improvemnt! I worry a bit about the risk you are presumably taking, but I’m sure you’ve thought it through thoroughly.
Looking forward to the new site!
Happy New Year Ives
Ives,
Best of luck. Your site will continue to be one of my daily stops.
Ives,
Congratulations and good luck! The site looks great and I can’t wait to read the expanded content!
Good on ya Ives. Good luck with the blog, I will continue to read it about a million times a day.
Good Luck with the new venture. I think most would agree that you will continue to have support from the SBI Mafia. Also, I am sure that many new recruits will join in due time.
Good luck, Ives.
Good luck with the site. I’ll continue to be a faithful reader.
Fantastic. Here is hoping for a very prosperous new year for you and yours, Ives. Now, remember the best supporters group in America is the “TIMBER ARMY”, ROSE CITY TILL I DIE!!!!!
Congrats and good luck on the new site.
Good luck Ives. All the best on the new site.
Way to go Ives. Taking the soccer world by storm. Can’t wait for 2008! NM
Sometimes walls need to be refreshed ;o) Happy 2008!
Best of luck with your new venture. Be sure to CHANGE the “gray” font color with the white background (your hot links on the left side of the page)… too hard to read. At least for us old folks!
Congrats, Ives! Good luck!
Congrats, Ives. I’ve been a regular reader for some time now, and will continue to follow your excellent reporting and insight in the new venture!
Congrats and best of luck with this venture.
Ives, Thanks for keeping us all up to date! Good Luck with your new site and the continued growth of the SBI Mafia!
Congratulations on your new venture Ives!
One thing that you could do that I haven’t seen done on other blogs is that when you update your site with a new site, change the color of the background and font every time you update so you can immediately see if there’s new content. If that’s too time consuming for you or annoying for your readers, just do it when you’ve got a great breaking story. Regardless, I’d advise changing background and font color to make it more reader-friendly than the typical black on white.
Congrats!
Congratulations Ives. Best of luck to you!
Good luck Ives, I know I’ll be checking it a few times each day.
Good luck Ives, I know I’ll be checking it a few times each day.
Ives,
Congrats and good luck. I think this is a great move.
So any more news on the Anelka front? How much money will Chelski spend? I think 80 million pounds by the end of the month.
Best of luck Ives!! Keep up the good work!
Bold move. Please let us know how we can support your sponsors. This SBI has been my most frequently visited soccer site; how soccerbyives.net will be.
Ives,
Congratulations and best of luck with the website. Definitely let us know how we can help support the site.
Congrats Ives on the new site!! I wish you the very best!!
After reading your articles in Herald News for so long, I don’t know what paper will replace it as for Metro news, your articles were the best source for team analysis and news. But at least I’ll have SBI.net.
Great move Ives! Now I know why you’ve kept pushing for those SBI reader rollcalls. Gotta do your research first right!
Way to get stuck in Ives! I see you are sponsored by my favorite store. You should do well!
Go ‘Quakes.
Congratulations! SBI.net has been and will continue to be my first stop for soccer news. Maybe Alexi Lalas should stop by here for management help!
Best of luck, Ives. I’ve updated my RSS aggregator and changed the link on the BFD blogroll.
Ives, not happy with losing the Soccer Blog award to Goff, has stepped it up a notch!
Congrats Ives! Having the guts to go off on your own is the hardest part of the process. I’m sure you will be successful- and fulfilled- now that you have made the decision to do that. Looking forward to seeing everything you do with the site.
Good luck with the new SBI amigo!
Congrats Ives! Having the guts to go off on your own is the hardest part of the process. I’m sure you will be successful- and fulfilled- now that you have made the decision to do that. Looking forward to seeing everything you do with the site.
Happy New Year, Ives! I love the new site, the new look and the new feel. Once again, awesom work!!
Good luck with the new site.
good luck ives–will you still be writing articles for espn?
Good luck Ives. Who said you were risk-averse?
Nice job.
I miss the red and orange though.
-Mike
Congrats Ives. Good luck. Please don’t forget RBNY. Many of us have come to depend on your insight and analysis. With all due respect to Michael Lewis and Jack Bell, they don’t hold a candle to you. I hope this change doesn’t mean you will de-empasize Metro!
Thanks!
Mark
Congratulations!
Congratulations and good luck!
Like I wrote on the old site….WOW. This is a big move. But good luck, man. Here’s to wishing you the best with the new site. Looking forward to the new venture (and more advertisers).
The site looks good. I’ll be here every day as usual.
good luck ives! looks great so far
Good on you, Ives. Best wishes for a healthy, happy & successful 2008.
I don’t write too often, but I checked your old site several times a day & plan to continue to do so with this one.
Be good,
-gb
Awesome job Ives. Keep up the amazing work.
Good luck Ives!
Just might want to adjust the font type. Reads very thin on higher resolutions.
We still don’t like you in Columbus! Good luck!
Congrats Ives. Keep up the good work.
Go Seattle ________. (Yet to be named)
Keep up the good work. Looking forward to having even more scoops.
Good luck Ives!!! Looking forward to the new blog.
I look forward to a big 2008 from SBI. Congrats, Ives.
best of luck in your new endeavor.
The site looks great. You are leader in soccer reporting. Best of luck with the new diggs.
The site looks great. You are leader in soccer reporting. Best of luck with the new diggs.
Ives,
Your a true pioneer. Good luck with the sight and helping the sport grow in the US.
Hey the site looks great, no wonder you were doing all those reader roll calls haha, I think it would be awesome if you put some league tables on the sides of your columns where the ads usually are, Still haven’t found a place I can look at many at one time, just an idea, anyways good luck with the venture y prospero año.
Wishing you good luck in 2008!
Keep up the good work.
Congrats on the site Ives!! Checked your old blog once or twice a day, and this new site promises to have me coming back several times a day. Looking good.
Ives,
Congratulations on the new endeavor!
Been reading for the past two years, and am very happy to see you branching out for a larger audience.
Good luck and look forward to your news and insight.
So, I’m a few days behind the rest of the gang, but none the less….Best of Luck to you! I’ll stop by a few times a day.
Way to go for it, Ives. I hope you make a million. It would be well-deserved. Best of luck!