2014 World Cup Draw

[joshcryer]

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http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/final-draw/

[Lizzie Poppet]

1. Really tough draw for the USMNT...

...but not an impossible one. It's high time they turned it around against Ghana, and Portugal is more vulnerable than some seem to think. Germany? Well...um...yeah. If the US gets even a draw against Die Mannschaft, it'll be a big upset.

Group B is a nasty one, too. First game will be a rematch of the 2010 Finals!

Argentina and Colombia have relatively easy paths. So does Brazil, with El Tri in such disarray.

Now the waiting begins!

[joshcryer]

3. USA will have insane travel time.

And just assume that they somehow manage to get out of their group, they'll be going up against, likely, Belgium, which will have had a two week vacation waiting for our team which had just done 3 back to back games and flown almost 10k miles! :O

I actually hope we get out of our group just because that will be a remarkable achievement in and of itself, I don't even care if we lose then.

It's a tough group to be in. But as others are saying it makes for a good game, if we lose, we lose respectably, against our nemesis Ghana which we clearly have bad luck with, or Germany, who is a top teir team overall. If we win, it'll invigorate the games; so for entertainment purposes it's great.

[Sky Masterson]

2. I can take a loss to Portugal or Germany

But ,fuck Ghana!! I hate the way those assholes play the game.They hit the ground begging for a penalty if some one farts within 10 feet of them.

[brooklynite]

4. The only outside-the-box selection seems to be the inclusion of Bosnia

Too bad the Reggae Boyz aren't back.

[truebrit71]

5. Both England and the USA are going to have a hard time getting out of the group rounds...

...but the USA has a better shot than England who, much though it pains me to say it, suck donkey balls...

Brazil has a cake walk...funny how that worked out...same as Spain and Argentina...

The 'Who sucks the least' groups are E and H...

Group C could be interesting, with the real possibility that Cote d'Ivoire might come out on top...

No clue who will win, I just hope it isn't the Italian Diving Team...those guys have been gifted too many wins as it is....

[joshcryer]

6. Only thing is England has half the travel miles.

Travel miles can do you in psychologically and physically.

[truebrit71]

7. True enough...

...but you have to have the talent and the drive to win, and frankly I don't think the English Travelling Millionaires Club has either...

[joshcryer]

8. Heh!

Interestingly, I think the US guys could cope with traveling so much. If anything Ghana might lose their winning streak against the US because of all the travel they need to prepare for.

[BKH70041]

9. I'll say Group D is the group of death.

USA did get a tough group, but at this level you better come ready to play.

Nice to see Belgium in a group they should get through. For a small country, they have some of the best players in the world this time around. They're my Cinderella, however my guess is Argentina will take it all. There, early prediction out of the way.