World Cup Draw

[Zomp]

Uh oh.

 

[SoxFanInCali]

Argentina draws a bye into the knockout rounds.

 

[EastCoasterOutWest]

You know it's going to be Portugal, right?

 

[mascho]

Please Russia.  

 

[Zomp]

WHAT THE FUCK

 

[mascho]

FUCK

 

[SoxFanInCali]

FUCK

 

[DLew On Roids]

So far this is great for the USA. Germany is the only tough part. Our guys play in heat all the time and travel more than most; they'll find it easier to adapt. Group H, who we'd play if we advance, isn't so strong. Just get us a shit team from Europe.

Edit: Uh oh, sounds like the Watch ESPN app is way behind.

 

[Luis Taint]

The US is so absolutely fucked.

 

[DJnVa]

We get CR7

 

[Infield Infidel]

We are so fucked. Good god. 

 

[NJ_Sox_Fan]

And USA is screwed.

 

[dirtynine]

Oh man.  Portugal with the US, Ghana and Germany. 

 

[coremiller]

Well we are fucked.  

 

[mascho]

Germany, Portugal, Ghana and 9000 miles of travel.  No sweat.

 

[RhaegarTharen]

Fuuuucccccckkkkkk

 

[ivanvamp]

Group G is the group of death, sorry.  Sucks but yeah.  
 
FIFA Rankings:
Germany - #2
Portugal - #5
USA - #14
Ghana - #24
 
So three of the top 14 teams in the world in the same group.
 
EDIT:  USA is #14, not #13.  And Group D is also very death-like:  Uruguay (#6), Italy (#7), England (#13), Croatia (#16).  So ok, Group D is better.  But Group G is still pretty damned tough.

 

[Infield Infidel]

 
No.
 
Group B

 
Australia sucks. 

 

[Seabass]

Couldn't have gone much worse. 

 

[hunter05]

What are the expectations as of right now? Because that group looks fucked.

 

[DLew On Roids]

I love it. Portugal is overrated. Sorry, Vinho.

 

[jsinger121]

Group of death for the US

 

[Jeff Van GULLY]

[tablegrid= Seeds ]Draw  COUNTRY Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Travel Miles E2 ECUADOR Brasília Curitiba Rio de Janeiro 1946 H2 ALGERIA Belo Horizonte Porto Alegre Curitiba 2084 B3 CHILE Cuiabá Rio de Janeiro São Paulo 2088 H3 RUSSIA Cuiabá Rio de Janeiro Curitiba 2508 H4 SOUTH KOREA Cuiabá Porto Alegre São Paulo 2704 F3 IRAN Curitiba Belo Horizonte Salvador 2830 B2 NETHERLANDS Salvador Porto Alegre São Paulo 2862 B4 AUSTRALIA Cuiabá Porto Alegre Curitiba 3124 F4 NIGERIA Curitiba Cuiabá Porto Alegre 3124 E3 FRANCE Porto Alegre Salvador Rio de Janeiro 3304 F2 BOSNIA Rio de Janeiro Cuiabá Salvador 3892 D3 ENGLAND Manaus São Paulo Belo Horizonte 3946 E4 HONDURAS Porto Alegre Curitiba Manaus 4818 A2 CROATIA São Paulo Manaus Recife 5984 D2 COSTA RICA Fortaleza Recife Belo Horizonte 6192 G2 PORTUGAL Salvador Manaus Brasília 6228 C2 GREECE Belo Horizonte Natal Fortaleza 6430 C3 Côte d'Ivoire Recife Brasília Fortaleza 6670 G3 GHANA Natal Fortaleza Brasília 6908 C4 JAPAN Recife Natal Cuiabá 7172 A4 CAMEROON Natal Manaus Brasília 7306 A3 MEXICO Natal Fortaleza Recife 8468 D4 ITALY Manaus Recife Natal 8866 G4 USA Natal Manaus Recife 8866                     Average Travel 4930         Median Travel 4382 [/tablegrid]

 

[mascho]

What are the expectations as of right now? Because that group looks fucked.

 
Um, score a goal?

 

[Section15Box113]

Worst travel *and* Germany-Ghana-Portugal?
 
Wheeee!!!!

 

[EastCoasterOutWest]

I expect we'll have some free time after the group stages.

 

[Jeff Van GULLY]

EDIT

 

[DJnVa]

So, best case seems to be a 1-1-1 record. Need to keep it close against Germany, hope for a draw against Portugal, and beat Ghana.
 
I can see CR7 scoring 4 against Ghana now...

 

[Bosoxen]

With Mexico having avoided the opening match, I can't believe I'm happy to have drawn the host nation.

 

[cjdmadcow]

I had little hope for England before the draw, so this draw has actually cheered me up a little. I think we'll get well and truly stuffed but at least there's little to know expectation in the lead-up.  The thought of Italy in Manaus, at 2am UK time, and Suarez creating havoc against our static defence has me concerned to say the least

 

[Infield Infidel]

I reiterate that it's bullshit the US can't play an Asian side.

 

[soxfan121]

So, that did not go well huh?

 

[Bailey10]

Who is the US playing in the Amazon for the 2nd matchweek? Have to hope its the Germans or Portuguese. Assume the Ghanians would be more accustomed to playing in extreme heat.

 

[Zososoxfan]

Couldn't be happier for Argentina...or sadder for the US.

 

[ifmanis5]

The US is so absolutely fucked.

FIFA hates the Yanks. What a fail.

 

[DLew On Roids]

You know who else's fans are unhappy? Germany, Portugal, and Ghana.

We're getting out of this group.

 

[nolasoxfan]

[tablegrid=  ] A B C D E F G H 1 BRAZIL SPAIN COLUMBIA URUGUAY SWITZERLAND ARGENTINA GERMANY BELGIUM 2 CROATIA NETHERLANDS GREECE COSTA RICA ECUADOR BOSNIA PORTUGAL ALGERIA 3 MEXICO CHILE Côte d'Ivoire ENGLAND FRANCE IRAN GHANA RUSSIA 4 CAMEROON AUSTRALIA JAPAN ITALY HONDURAS NIGERIA USA SOUTH KOREA [/tablegrid]

Colombia.  C-O-L-‘O'-M-B-I-A.  Colombia.

 

[Infield Infidel]

The only good thing is that we didn't draw a South American side. So everyone in the group will be far from home. And US and Ghana should deal with the heat better. 
 
But seriously, this could hardly have gone worse. #2 Europe, #3 Europe, #1 North America, #2 Africa 

 

[SoxFanInPdx]

I've yet to see Portugal live up to the hype. Germany wins that group, but getting 2nd is do-able.

 

[Vinho Tinto]

I've yet to see Portugal live up to the hype. 

 
Getting drawn with a country that has reached 2 Euro semis, a Euro Final, and a World Cup semi since 2000 is a good thing. Good point.
 
I'm beyond depressed. 

 

[Dan to Theo to Ben]

late to the party, oops. Colombia's group is easy too. Group of Life has to be Swi/Ecuador/France/Honduras
 
what hogwash that Switzerland received that
 
And they're probably already popping the DP in Parie

 

[Jeff Van GULLY]

[tablegrid=  ] A   B   C   D   E   F   G   H   1 BRAZIL 11 SPAIN 1 COLOMBIA 4 URUGUAY 6 SWITZERLAND 7 ARGENTINA 3 GERMANY 2 BELGIUM 5 2 CROATIA 18 NETHERLANDS 8 GREECE 15 COSTA RICA 31 ECUADOR 22 BOSNIA 16 PORTUGAL 14 ALGERIA 32 3 MEXICO 24 CHILE 12 Côte d'Ivoire 17 ENGLAND 10 FRANCE 21 IRAN 49 GHANA 23 RUSSIA 19 4 CAMEROON 9 AUSTRALIA 57 JAPAN 44 ITALY 8 HONDURAS 34 NIGERIA 33 USA 13 SOUTH KOREA 56 AVERAGE   15.5   19.5   20  13.75   21   25.25   13   28 MEDIAN   14.5   10   16   9   21.5   24.5   13.5   25.5 [/tablegrid]

 

[Bailey10]

The fix is always in for France. Got the easiest seeded team two World Cups in a row: South Africa in 2010, Switzerland this year.

 

[DLew On Roids]

 
Getting drawn with a country that has reached 2 Euro semis, a Euro Final, and a World Cup semi since 2000 is a good thing. Good point.
 
I'm beyond depressed. 

Good thing those teams won't be playing in 2014, huh?

 

[Dan Murfman]

A Thursday game at 6 PM. A 3 PM Sunday game and a noon Thursday game.

 

[Vinho Tinto]

Good thing those teams won't be playing in 2014, huh?

 
Yeah, you're right. Portugal sucks now. Great draw for the US. 

 

[Bailey10]

US get Ghana in game 1, the Portuguese in the Amazon for game 2, and Germany for game 3.

 

[dirtynine]

edit. whoops had the seeds wrong

 

[rodderick]

Portugal fucking sucks aside from Moutinho and Ronaldo, you guys will go through. I've adopted Belgium as my team in this one, fuck CBF and everything it stands for. 

 

[Infield Infidel]

For the casual fan, how many other draws would the US have had a decent chance to advance in?

 
US could have gotten Iran, Honduras, or South Korea's draws, which are much preferable