World Cup Draw
The World Cup Draw went down today in Capetown, with Charlize Theron hosting. Because she’s from South Africa.
Here are the groups, with each team’s FIFA world ranking.
Group A: 
South Africa 86
Mexico 15
Uruguay 19
France 7
Group B:
Argentina 8
Nigeria 22
South Korea 52 
Greece 12
Group C:
England 9
USA 14
Algeria 28
Slovenia 33
Group D:
Germany 6
Australia 21
Serbia 20
Ghana 37
Group E:
Netherlands 3
Denmark 26
Japan 43
Cameroon 11
Group F:
Italy 4
Paraguay 30
New Zealand 77
Slovakia 34
Group G:
Brazil 2
North Korea 84 
Ivory Coast 16
Portugal 5
Group H:
Spain 1
Switzerland 18
Honduras 38
Chile 17
Host South Africa will kick things off on June 11 v. Mexico.
England is reportedly thrilled with their draw, and the US v. England game will be great to watch, the first game for each team, on June 12.
Group G is clearly the Group of Death, with Brazil, Portugal, and Ivory Coast, three teams in the top 16 in the world.
Italy looks to have the easiest road through of all the seeded teams.
The top 2 in each group advance, so if the US can get second place, they would play first place in Group D, probably Germany, in round 2.
But that’s getting a bit too far ahead of things. 188 days until the first match.
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December 10th, 2009 at 10:52 pm
The pairings are remarkable, it’s like March Madness seeding drama. USA v. England really can’t be anything but intentional. “Group of Death” is an opportunity to see how overrated is Portugal and can Drogba play Cinderella. The easy ride for Italy is just sketchy.
December 11th, 2009 at 9:38 am
France got pretty lucky, too, especially considering how they got there.
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