World Cup Draw: The English are coming!

Also, if it finishes second in the group, a likely matchup with Germany in Round of 16. I want revenge!

That lineup of Brazil/Portugal/CdI is very tough.

It’s hilarous that FIFA gives France the warm kiss of Group A. Italy and Germany have nice draws.

There’s no way we’re beating England, although a draw might be possible. David Beckham is likely to be playing for AC Milan before the World Cup, but it would have been funny to see him playing in MLS, and whether the American Players might try to take him down. Similarly, our top two goalkeepers play in the Premier League, as does M/F Clint Dempsey. Jay DeMerit, likely one of our center backs plays for West Ham with a Slovenian teammate.

Still, we got the weakest African team and one of the weakest European teams. Assuming that Oguchi Onyewu will be recovered, I think we can definitely advance out of the group.

understands any of Jeremy Schaap’s questions.

Mexico needs to beat France, but they can do that. Honduras will not beat Spain, but they should handle business against Chile. The question is how they fare against the Swiss. US, obviously, has a decent road.

At least he threw us a bone too.

better than Group A. England is more beatable than France. And you KNOW South Africa as the host country will get the homer help by the officials against teams like Mexico and Uruguay.

FIFA wants the host to make at least the Round of 16.

in the Confed Cup. Small, but extremely fast team. With Mexico’s spotty history. don’t be surprised if South Africa advances.

Bradley won’t do it. It’s funny to watch.

I wonder if it’s too late for him to be called into the mix.

im gonna say D and E. the seeded teams should advance without many problems, but beyond them it looks like it could be anyone’s game.

Group G may be the group of death, but it also has a total shit team in it (North Korea) that has zero chance.

All four of the Group D teams have a legit chance at advancing. Even Germany will be tested.

He has Uruguay going through to the semis…beating England in the quarters. The other soccer guys in studio are ripping him hard. Brazil-Spain was pick for final. Has U.S. losing to Germany in Round of 16.

about those annoying buzzing horn things?

2:30 p.m. on Saturday June 12. The Slovenia and Algeria games will be at 10 a.m.

I’m always a huge fan of ultra-nationalist countries where most of the team plays locally…they tend to be cohesive and have relatively unknown skill players. Plus, Nakamura would scare the holy hell out of me in a close game.

I wouldn’t bet on Nigeria getting too far, though. South Africans HATE Nigerians (Nigerian drug runners run the black market in most African countries), and I would expect that to show, and not in a civil, vevezuela, way, either.

All in all, I’d love for Ghana to make a run, and I’d like Argentina and France to be scary, as well. I’m a fan of Portugal as long as Simao is on their team (and I suppose BubbaFan is, too) and I’ll always, always, root for Het Oranje.

Anyone want to get a RR pool going come Spring?

So far, Grady Sizemore’s lawyers haven’t been very successful at scrubbing those pics off the web.

His girlfriend is indeed a Playboy Playmate; must be her in that photo on the mirror. She’s Brittany Binger, the pride of Bellevue, Ohio.

She says it’s a creepy stalker fan who stole the photos.

I mean, did you see their qualification stats? Their striker, K. Jong-Il, scored 72 goals in their 16 qualifying matches. seventy fucking two<e/m>. I can’t belive I haven’t seen a feature on this guy on ESPN yet.

The logic goes something like this. A loss to USA would be devastating; England will play to be sure not to lose. A win is nice, but at least a draw is essential. Then, they figure they beat up on the other two and get through.

Similarly, the US would be thrilled to pull out a draw. A win is highly unlikely, but that extra point makes the other two games much less stressful.

Both teams playing for a draw, England hoping to get lucky, means either 0-0, or 1-0 England.