So we won't know until January 4th if we get tickets or not?!

[bltleo]

Lol we should find her a quiet place to work so she can get it done as fast as possible :)

what is AMY?:)

[bltleo]

It seems to me that if they want to inform everyone who participated in the pre-sale of the results of their application they will have to charge the credit cards and get approvals before January 4. The reason for this is some of the credit cards may not work or some of the applicants may change their minds. To the extent any of this happens, it will affect the answer they give to those at the tail end of their application list. It would seem a logical inference that this means some sort of action will be taken ahead of January 4 that we can check (perhaps by checking charges on credit cards) to see what is happening. I wouldn't be surprised if those at the start of the application list see something this coming week.


Well if you will don know until JANUARY 04 if you get tickets or not..
they will not inform people in advance...

bltleo
GERMANY

[EXboxur]

what is AMY?:)
Haha, yes yes, Amy....That is a good question....what IS Amy?
That's the $10,000 question isn't it?
:D

I wish I knew, because maybe I'd be guaranteed tickets then. ;)

[bltleo]

Haha, yes yes, Amy....That is a good question....what IS Amy?
That's the $10,000 question isn't it?
:D

I wish I knew, because maybe I'd be guaranteed tickets then. ;)

well but who is AMY??? any organisation, person in the USSF??
about whom you are talking about?..I´m from Germany, have no idea..
thank you..

Is AMY something like "not realistic" name?

if you tell me who is AMY, I would call him/her and ask him about tickets for you:)
good deal


bltleo
GERMANy

[EXboxur]

well but who is AMY??? any organisation, person in the USSF??
about whom you are talking about?..I´m from Germany, have no idea..
thank you..

Is AMY something like "not realistic" name?

if you tell me who is AMY, I would call him/her and ask him about tickets for you:)
good deal


bltleo
GERMANy
:D Amy is just a person who works at the USSF HQ in Chicago. She's the person everybody here calls up to cry to about our tickets or rather lack there of.

[bltleo]

:D Amy is just a person who works at the USSF HQ in Chicago. She's the person everybody here calls up to cry to about our tickets or rather lack there of.


Well AMY don´t decide this...but FIFA...You should call better FRANZ BECKENBAUER, he is the big boss and organizing the World Cup in GErmany, not any Amy.....she can only give you information that she gets from Fifa..

Call our Kaiser Franz, he is very very nice...:)


Bltleo
GERMANY

[bltleo]

1. I guess you've never worked for the government or in a bureaucracy.
or
2. Amy's got a lot of work to do over the holidays!


Amy can not decide about tickets.. this is only person who can inform you..but she don´t decide anything.....you need to call or contact right person:)....

There were many talks on German T.V about tickets sales....but they never mentioned Amy:).....

it is Fifa who decided this....and some important persons.... but not Amy..



Bltleo
GERMANY

[bltleo]

Haha, yes yes, Amy....That is a good question....what IS Amy?
That's the $10,000 question isn't it?
:D

I wish I knew, because maybe I'd be guaranteed tickets then. ;)

no you are not right, you would not get tickets if you knew Amy.....you need to know other person:)...much more important ......

[bltleo]

On the other hand, if everyone keeps calling Amy this thing ain't gonna get done. So please, no more phone calls to Amy!

Actually I would keep calling AMY...until she don´t give up:)....
Keep calling AMY!....

with some boldness you can get tickets....to be frech is much better than just wait and see if you get tickets........:)....

Amy don´t help....

bltleo
GERMANY

[SCBozeman]

My guess is that there has to be the lag between Dec. 12 and Jan. 4. Although they probably know how many they're getting from FIFA, they don't know how many are parsed out to USSF honchos, big donors, etc. The remaining ones go to the list of average fans.

For example, if some foundation or corporation regularly grants the USSF a few million dollars, they're probably going to get some tickets in return. The jockeying from those donors will take a little while as well -- "how many Category 1 tickets did you expect, Nike? 50 per game? How about 25?" Etc. That's a process that interferes with the divying up to the Dec. 12 list.

I have friends who are supposedly going through connections to McDonalds because that's a big FIFA sponsor. If the US tickets come out of the USSF allotment, that's something which is probably being figured out now.

[dfb547490]

They couldn't have done all that before the pre-sale??

[bltleo]

They couldn't have done all that before the pre-sale??


Í´m afriad, I think no...

bltleo
GERMANY

[MikeLastort2]

This thread started stupid and has now gotten worse.

:rolleyes:

[JBigjake]

Call our Kaiser Franz, he is very very nice...:)
Does Franz answer the phone? Return calls?
Amy is a very nice, in fact, wonderful person who works in the USSoccer offices in Chicago. Among the many hard workers there, she stands out for identifying herself to the many friendly callers who inquire daily about such mundane matters as receipt of faxes & FedExes, confirmation numbers, e-mail address and tickets to USMNT matches for Germany'06! (& I'm not just saying this to ingratiate myself!)
We all known Franz is very nice, but until someone posts that Franz has called them to update their ticket info, Amy is our best friend. Franz ist Kaiser, aber Amy ist Kaiserin!

[bltleo]

Does Franz answer the phone? Return calls?
Amy is a very nice, in fact, wonderful person who works in the USSoccer offices in Chicago. Among the many hard workers there, she stands out for identifying herself to the many friendly callers who inquire daily about such mundane matters as receipt of faxes & FedExes, confirmation numbers, e-mail address and tickets to USMNT matches for Germany'06! (& I'm not just saying this to ingratiate myself!)
We all known Franz is very nice, but until someone posts that Franz has called them to update their ticket info, Amy is our best friend.

Franz answer return calls but only to people he wants:)


I believe Amy is nice, but iAmy can not get tickets for you...she is not FIFA:)...she just can pass information she gets from big bosses in FIFA or Franz:)

I hope many of you gets tickets...so many US fans come to GERMANY!!

good luck
bltleo
GERMANY

[JBigjake]

This thread started stupid and has now gotten worse.
:rolleyes:
A welcome diversion, however, from the frantic threads & posts of last Monday & Tuesday.

[MikeLastort2]

A welcome diversion, however, from the frantic threads & posts of last Monday & Tuesday.

I'm not sure how welcome it is. It might prompt me to update my ignore list.

:D

[SLO-Gunner]

what is AMY?:)


http://www.animedavesworld.com/congoblastface.jpg

[avocats]

THOUSANDS of soccer fans face a nervous wait over the next few days to find out if they have tickets to the greatest show on Earth next year – the World Cup in Germany.




The Football Federation of Australia's allocation of tickets goes on sale to the public today, but demand will far exceed supply. More than 100,000 fans could be chasing as few as 2190 tickets for the Socceroos pool matches in June.

The FFA and the Fanatics tour group have jointly set up a website – www.ffatravel.com.au – dedicated to ticket and tour sales.









Application forms went online yesterday and sales can be made on a first-in, first-served basis from 8am today. The FFA has advised people to send in their applications as soon as possible by e-mail or fax.

Fanatics founder Warren Livingstone said demand for tickets had been overwhelming, with more than 28,000 application forms downloaded by early yesterday afternoon.

"If you times that by four (the maximum allowable ticket allocation per form), that's potentially 112,000," he said.

But he warned that the majority of those hopefuls would be disappointed. The FFA has been allocated only 2190 tickets for the first match against Japan in Kaiserslautern, 3630 for the blockbuster against Brazil in Munich, and 2662 for the clash against the Croatians in Stuttgart.

___________

Did the USA get a larger number?

[famdawg]

I would imagine that the USSF got the same allocation for Kaiserslauten as their Australian counterparts did (8%). FIFA has advertised that each nation would get 8% of the 'available' tickets. The stade at Kaiserslauten holds 41,170 (gross) but FIFA has estimated the Purchasable Ticket Capacity of Group stage matches to be 37,084. Well, 8% of 37,084 is 2966, not 2190. So, it appears that the Aussie Soccer Fed. held back ~775 tickets for their own use, and won't be selling those to their fans. Not sure how many USSF will hold on to.