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2014 World Cup thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by MileHigh, Dec 6, 2013.

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  1. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    Six months out from the first game in Brazil, but we're a couple of hours out from the all-important draw. Some countries won't be happy not just who they will have to play but some of the ridiculous scheduling/traveling that will be done. Here are the pots:

    Pot 1
    Brazil
    Argentina
    Colombia
    Uruguay
    Belgium
    Germany
    Spain
    Switzerland

    Pot 2
    Algeria
    Cameroon
    Ivory Coast
    Ghana
    Nigeria
    Chile
    Ecuador

    Pot 3
    Australia
    Iran
    Japan
    Korea Republic
    Costa Rica
    Honduras
    Mexico
    USA

    Pot 4
    Bosnia-Herzegovina
    Croatia
    England
    France
    Greece
    Portugal
    Italy
    Netherlands
    Russia
     
    MileHigh, Dec 6, 2013
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  2. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    Some early soft groups. U.S. pot is up now. Group E would be very nice.
     
    MileHigh, Dec 6, 2013
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  3. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    U.S. is in with Germany.
     
    MileHigh, Dec 6, 2013
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  4. zagoshe

    zagoshe Well-Known Member

    Does it really matter who the US plays?

    I mean, I get up for the World Cup every year and the US - outside of the one year - usually disappoints and I stop thinking about soccer - along with most of the country - for four more years.
     
    zagoshe, Dec 6, 2013
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  5. zagoshe

    zagoshe Well-Known Member

    0-1
     
    zagoshe, Dec 6, 2013
    #5
  6. NoOneLikesUs

    NoOneLikesUs Active Member

    We're fucked.
     
    NoOneLikesUs, Dec 6, 2013
    #6
  7. PCLoadLetter

    PCLoadLetter Well-Known Member

    Yep.
     
    PCLoadLetter, Dec 6, 2013
    #7
  8. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    Disastrous draw for the U.S.
     
    MileHigh, Dec 6, 2013
    #8
  9. Cosmo

    Cosmo Well-Known Member

    Yeah, well, the last draw was supposedly cake and we barely got through. So maybe this will work out just fine.
     
    Cosmo, Dec 6, 2013
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  10. Key

    Key Well-Known Member

    Brutal
     
    Key, Dec 6, 2013
    #10
  11. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    How many consecutive World Cups are they supposed to get with an easy path through the first round? From 1994 on, even the ones that haven't worked out have been favorable draws.

    Bout time the U.S. stands or falls on its own.
     
    LongTimeListener, Dec 6, 2013
    #11
  12. deskslave

    deskslave Active Member

    Always amazing how these things work out. Spain-Holland in the first round, but there's a group of Switzerland, France, Ecuador and Honduras.

    Seriously, how the fuck does Switzerland get seeded?

    (Actually, the answer is, basically, because Holland played a friendly in June against Indonesia.)
     
    deskslave, Dec 6, 2013
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