The two contests between the Dynamo and the Galaxy this season were tense, tight affairs.

Back on June 28, the Dynamo visited Home Depot Center riding a club-record 11-game unbeaten streak, while the Galaxy were tied with the fewest wins in MLS with New York (seems an eon ago doesn't it?).

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Longpier.com is teaming up with local fab food site Essex Gourmet to give you the chance to win tickets to a cracking event in London this December.
Essex Gourmet, your local guide to fabulous food and drink in Essex – tried and trusted - is giving away 3 pairs of wonderful ‘Taste of Christmas' tickets! Click to continue reading...

That second trivia question was a little tougher, apparently.

Far fewer readers could name one of two goalkeepers who had dressed for both the Galaxy and Chivas USA this season than correctly answered the first question.

The answers: Miguel Benitez of Cal State Dominguez Hills and Kevin Guppy of Cal State Northridge.

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Abigail Clancy was out late last night for the UK premiere of the Michael Jackson This Is It movie. She was rocking a gorgeous sequin mini-dress which she coupled with a hefty pair of clod-hoppers.

No. Sorry. They just look like clod-hoppers. Of course, they're just ankle boots.

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Just finished reading Dan Walker's column on BBC and his account of his time spent at Eastlands during the Manchester City - Arsenal game.

It's a great article, but if you're pressed for time, here are 5 things you didn't know about Manchester City (that Dan was kind enough to find out):

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Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez has challenged troubled stars Ryan Babel and Albert Riera to prove they have a Liverpool future.
The pair have both expressed a disappointment that they have not had more chances to impress in the first team this season.
Babel has openly questioned the Liverpool manager's selection decisions, and suggested he wants to go on loan to Ajax in January to improve his chances of playing for Holland in the World Cup finals next summer. Click to continue reading...

In a daring heist last night, the boots of five Inter players including Marco Materazzi's were stolen from the club's Pinetina training facility, says tuttomercatoweb. The only reason they didn't get more is that most Inter players are away on International duty and, obviously, took their boots with them.

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Imagine this:

You are a player for Juan Carlos Osorio, and it is the beginning of the 2009 campaign. After a good showing in the offseason camps, you are looking forward to some playing time for the rest of the season. As a matter of fact, you have fallen in line with the Osorio mantra; "practice hard, and you will get playing time.

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"Football scouts pick out a disproportionate number of blond players, presumably because the colour catches the eye. This is known as an "availability heuristic" - when information stays in your memory even though it's irrelevant."
A collection of four more such soccer related observations here.

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This is a strange video that documents Zlatan Ibrahimovic's arrival in Barcelona and all the unprotected airport waiting, starstruck grounds crew members, and pairs of acid wash jeans it entailed.

I really can't decide if this video was filmed by Zlatan's agent or a stalker with incredible access to the object of their obsession.

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Want to go to the Gold Cup? Need a ticket?
From Prost Amerika Soccer....

5 pairs of tickets to give away Seattle

Simply send an email to editor@prostamerika.com with USA in the subject line to enter. Competition closes at 9am tomorrow July 4. Winners will be notified by email.

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GUEST BLOGGER TJ-14 PRESENTS...

Corporate ticket touts at the Emirates do good business.

I have had the privilege and I do believe it is just that, of having a Season Ticket at our new home for the past 2 years. A long and painful 10-year wait on the waiting list, from the Highbury Days finally came to an end when I got the email from Arsenal saying that my wait was over and I was to be able to choose my seat at the Grove.

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Robbers lift shirts... Now we have all heard about football players being robbed while playing, but this is something else. Normally the thieves in question target the unoccupied homes of Merseyside millionaires. But one team in Peru suffered at the hands of criminals who broke into their stadium. Universitario had 50 shirts and 90 pairs of [. Click to continue reading...

You can't trust anybody these days!
Universitario's preparations for a Peruvian championship match were hit on Monday by the theft of 90 pairs of soccer boots and 50 shirts from their changing room at Lima's Monumental stadium.
The theft took place on the ahead of an important match away at Deportivo San Martin tomorow, which could take Universitario back to the top of the league. Click to continue reading...

Our featured player Nicklas Bendtner, has reserved special praise for Carlos Vela in an interview on Arsenal.com. He spoke about how Vela's loan spells around Spain had been worth the wait and talked about the pairs partnership. Bendtner said . . . "He is a good striker," said Bendtner. "I remember he came here when he was [. Click to continue reading...

Or so says Ives in this post.

I'm on record in the comments of my last SBI Supporter's View saying that I wouldn't have used the allocation for Cory Gibbs due to his injury history and cost against the salary cap (not like I actually know what that is, of course). But I am not the guy(s) in charge of personnel over at the HDC (that can only be a good thing) and I guess their calculus told them to pull the trigger.

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The ADIDAS TUNiT F50.8 are the latest version of the revolutionary TUNiT boot. When it was originally launched the TUNiT range was the worlds first modular football boot. Allowing you to customise your boots to suit your style of play or the conditions. The boots modular nature would lend itself to Mecchano fans as [. Click to continue reading...