There's a door next to Lampard's crotch. ... Sounds about right.

Today's lesson: Always tip your taxi driver well. Upon experiencing your awesome generosity and overall wonderfulness as a human being, he just might reveal that he's a season ticket holder and member of the club's gym, where injured players apparently congregate on matchday.

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I realize that the last official football match to take place at Giants Stadium was almost two weeks ago between the Red Bulls and Toronto FC, but I still figured I'd throw my two cents in on what was once a football mecca in this country. The first thing that comes to mind when thinking about the Meadowlands is very mixed feelings.

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I love that mistakes are being punished like so much naughtiness at a Catholic boys school.

I'll have more thorough reviews up later today at ESPN Soccernet and at MLSnet.com. For now, here's a quick review, including a recap of a few killer mistakes:

Columbus vet Frankie Hejduk was snoozing momentarily and allowed too much room for RealSaltLake's Yura Movsisyan, who fed Robbie Findley for a big goal in the RSL-Columbus series.

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I just got word from the FC Dallas front office that Michael Hitchcock is out as General Manager. A letter was sent to season ticket holders with the news. In the letter Clark lays out the plan to replace Hitchcock, which includes President John Wagner officially taking over full control operations.

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Welcome to Ask The Oppo! Today we talk to Dave Hunt, an Upton Park season ticket holder from Aylesbury, Bucks...

Eldo71: You lot finished 9th last season, played some reasonable football along the way and the hopes for the new season were high under Gianfranco Xola and Steve Clarke.

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Come Sunday, expect the television cameras to be zooming in on the faces of Rafa Benitez and Sir Alex Ferguson as they try to detect whether the pressure is getting to either manager. Attention will be paid to body language and how each manager interacts with one another, what the handshake is like and to make sure they exchange pleasantries after the final whistle is blown.

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As a Toronto FC season ticket holder, I have seen my fair share of junk chucked onto the field. I will even claim responsibility for contributing to it at least once, when Danny Dichio scored that goal and I thought I'd rather be a part of history than some guy with a novelty seat warmer.
But I've never chucked a streamer at a corner-taker, nor have I thrown my half-empty ten dollar beer cup at an opposing forward running along the touch-line to celebrate a goal with no one in particular. Click to continue reading...

I recently had a chat with Hank, a mate of mine that's a Portsmouth season-ticket holder. He's come along to The Lane a few times and you could say that he know's his football pretty well. The only downer is that he and a lot more Pompey fans blame Harry for their current plight. Now, call me stupid, but how is Harry to blame? Click to continue reading...

When I got home from work tonight I had a package from the Colorado Rapids. Inside was my 2009 season ticket holder's gift, a notebook cover with the Rapids logo on it. included was a note and a insert that explained that the notebook cover was made from the Rapids old banners and billboards as part of their Go Green and Play Clean initiatives. Click to continue reading...

Welcome to Ask the Oppo! Perry Groves' Lovechild is still on an extended break so today Eldo71 talks to Simon Reece, a Blackburn season-ticket holder, from Crewe ahead of the Premier League clash against the Arsenal...

Eldo71: You'll be aware that Arsenal fans don't have bundles of time for Sam Allardyce. Click to continue reading...

Toronto FC and BMO Field took a giant step forward in their progression towards complete football legitimacy today as Toronto City Council, led by season ticket holder Mayor Miller, approved the installation of delicious, real, green grass in time for the 2010 season. The plan still has to pass provincial and federal watchdogs due to their original contributions to the stadium construction but that is not considered to be a major concern. Click to continue reading...

With Reading season-ticket holder Lanterne Rouge out of the country, I was handed a Royals freebie for the second time this season on Saturday. Stopping off for a few hours en route to Clapham where I was staying with a Forest fan ahead of the televised Sunday game at Plymouth, I arrived at Reading Station to realise that I had forgotten my toothbrush. Click to continue reading...

Welcome to Ask the Oppo! Perry Groves' Lovechild is still on an extended break so today Eldo71 talks to Martin James, a Fulham season-ticket holder, from Midhurst, West Sussex, who will be at the match today when the Arsenal go to Craven Cottage...

Eldo71: What have you made of the start to the season? Click to continue reading...

You may well have seen this weeks little darling on Soccer AM. It's the lovely Lauri Cox from Middlesbrough. Lauri is a Sports Therapist student and supports her home team Middlesbrough and has been a season ticket holder for the last 10 years. She even went to the UEFA Cup Final a few years back, now that's commitment.

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Walked in the office today, said hello to Patrick (Spurs Season Ticket Holder) and started discussing last nights game.
Paddy is a great lad, but it does annoy me how he (and others) can be so bleak. He's Spurs through and through, yet hates Crouch. Now, I can understand some Spurs fans not getting behind our players, but this guy dislikes Crouchie with such a passion. Click to continue reading...

I caught this story from one of the Big Soccer forums and thought it was worth looking into. I've always been a big supporter of a team's loyalty to its fans, regardless of the sport and I hate it when they get screwed.

In this era where the MLS struggles to grow its fan base; where we can stay home and watch superb soccer on 4 different channels; and where the only way that soccer as a sports league will survive in this country is with the passion of its fans, teams need to be very careful on how they treat those who visit their stadiums.

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Disgusting!

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The curse of the prawn sandwich has struck again – and left Liverpool fans choking with anger.

Hundreds of Anfield season ticket holders turned up for the Champions League against Debreceni on Wednesday to find they had been moved to accommodate sponsors' guests.

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The curse of the prawn sandwich has struck again – and left Liverpool fans choking with anger.
Hundreds of Anfield season ticket holders turned up for the Champions League against Debreceni on Wednesday to find they had been moved to accommodate sponsors' guests.
Former Manchester United skipper Roy Keane was so incensed with corporate guests on one occasion, he dubbed them the "Prawn Sandwich Brigade". Click to continue reading...

LA GALAXY VS. TORONTO FC
Home Depot Center -Saturday, 10:30PM EST
TV: Rogers Sportsnet
Toronto FC makes its annual trip to Hollywood, unless you count Chivas USA - which is Mexican Hollywood, to play the Nu-Cosmos, aka LA Galaxy, aka David & The Beckhams. This may be the last time us Torontos get to see The Beckham Show, barring a post-season miracle, as the tattoo/ coiffure enthusiast looks likely to drift out of MLS this off-season. Click to continue reading...

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Much has been made of the demise of Leeds United AFC. We are all familiar with the tale of gross overspending, Ridsdale's goldfish, and a descent into the third tier of English football. Football supporters have little sympathy for a club that reached the quarterfinals of the Champions League in 2001 and are now playing in League One due to its own negligence.

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So tonight was the big game out at Arrowhead between Chivas and Club America. First I want to touch on a few other things.
Before the game tonight, the Wizards held a Season Ticket Holder Event out at the training facility that included dinner and a Q&A session with Robb Heineman about the new stadium plan out at the Legends as well as the plan out at Bannister. Click to continue reading...

I was allowed to take photos of the mock ups that will be displayed at the Season Ticket Holder event today. I could not post them until after the event. Please remember that even these are not final designs, but it is where they are in the planning stage. These are not detailed renderings but they are basically the files they are being used to work out the design and then the details will come. Click to continue reading...

Today will be a busy day in KC Soccerland as the Season Ticket Holder Event takes place at our Swope Park Training Center beginning at 4:30 p.m. CT. The Jimmy Conrad Show then airs live on Sports Radio 810 WHB from 7-8 p.m. CT, followed by the Clasico Bud Light between Club America and Chivas Guadalajara at 8:30 p. Click to continue reading...

July 4, Kamara scored for Houston at CAB and pulled out a white glove as a tribute to the late Michael Jackson.
Today, we acquired striker Kei Kamara from the Houston Dynamo for striker Abe Thompson and allocation money. Kamara comes to the Wizards with 14 career goals and three career assists in 80 MLS games (50 starts) over four seasons. Click to continue reading...

We are holding a season ticket holder event at our Swope Park Training Center from 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm before the Clásico Bud Light match on Wednesday, at 8:30 p.m. CT between Club America and Chivas Guadalajara.
Wizards Season Ticket Holders will get the opportunity to:
-Watch the Wizards practice
-Take a tour of the Wizards training facility
-Mingle with Wizards players and coaches after practice
-Enjoy complimentary food and beverage
-Attend a briefing on the new stadium development with Wizards President and CEO of OnGoal, Robb Heineman
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Not only do we host FC Dallas Saturday night at CAB in a battle of 7-11-6 teams coming off road victories, but North America's most fierce rivalry will be taking center stage Wednesday at Arrowhead, as Club América faces Chivas Guadalajara in the Clasico Bud Light at 8:30 p.m. CT. If you're a season ticket holder, your Special Game B ticket entitled you to a ticket to this game. Click to continue reading...

Ultras Singing in the Hot Sun!

Crowd

It was a hot one today as a small crowd avoided Church and the NFL games to brave the midday heat! It was a small crowd, maybe 9 or 10 thousand but very passionate to say the least. I took my friend and former Galaxy season ticket holder, Gene Kato and his 2 little boys to his first Chivas USA game.

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Manchester United season ticket holder, Andy Cole, has praised our strikeforce today, claiming that Wayne Rooney is ready to fill Cristiano Ronaldo's boots and that Dimitar Berbatov is 'elegant'.

"Rooney has started the season really well," said Cole. "He's ready to step into Ronaldo's shoes.

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Good times at White Hart Lane

A friend posed an interesting question to me recently, the question was posed in a north London pub late last night, and it was addressed in all sincerity and it was spoken as a lifelong Spurs fan. The question, or more accurately the observation was, "I am a Spurs fan with nothing to moan about, what do I do?

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Big Story

When your club's biggest fan since day one sends an open letter of despair to ownership in lieu of a season ticket renewal, you have serious problems. Dustin Christmann is known to FC Dallas supporters as the "First Fan": a season ticket holder since day one (even though he lives 1,000 miles away from Dallas now) and a founder of supporters group The Inferno, he was given membership number 0001 in Hoops Nation.

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Dear Clark Hunt, I have been a season ticket holder since day one. And even though I've lived 1000 miles away from the stadium since the 2007 season I have maintained my season tickets. No more. Click to continue reading...

I'm giddy as a school girl! I leave for the match in about 3 hours. Since I live in podunk Virginia, it will be a bit of a drive to get to DC. I've even made a sign that may or may not be like the title of this post. If they let me bring it in, it will be across the field from the camera on the left-ish side, near the corner flag.

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Did I call it or what? ;>)

Sky Blue FC played with passion all through that first half last night (we're talking WPS playoff soccer, in case you were wondering) and beat the Athletica to move into the Final on the strength of defender Keeley Dowling's goal off an assist from Yael Averbuch.

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From the San Jose Earthquakes Front Office, the team announced today that the club will host legendary Salvadoran side Club Deportivo Aguila on Tuesday, Sept. 8. The game will be held at Buck Shaw Stadium and will be season ticket holder bonus game "B."
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The We Win Trophies Tour continues tonight at The Pug, located at 1234 H. St. NE. I'll be there with some other D.C. United staffers from 7-9 p.m. with the 2008 U.S. Open Cup trophy - and we'll even let you take your photo with it! We'll also be giving away some United gear and you can enter our sweet giveaway (the winner gets four sideline fantasy seats to the Sept.

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