(Current World Ranking)

Group A
South Africa (86)*
Mexico (15)
Uruguay (19)
France (7)

Group B
Argentina (8)
Nigeria (22)
South Korea (52)
Greece (12)
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Group C
England (9)
United States (14)
Algeria (28)
Slovenia (33)

Group D
Germanay (6)
Australia (21)
Serbia (20)
Ghana (37)
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Group E
Netherlands (3)
Denmark (26)
Japan (43)
Cameroon (11)

Group F
Italy (4)
Paraguay (30)
New Zealand (77)
Slovakia (34)
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Group G
Brazil (2)
North Korea (84)
Ivory Coast (16)
Portugal (5)

Group H
Spain (1)
Switzerland (18)
Honduras (38)
Chile (17)
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The winner from Group A will play the second place team from Group B
The winner from Group B will play the second place team from Group A

This continues down the list groups C-D, E-F, G-H.

USA Schedule:
England vs United States - Saturday June 12th, 14:30 ET (PM)
Slovenia vs United States - Friday June 18th, 10:00 ET (AM)
Algeria vs United States - Wednesday June 23rd, 10:00 ET (AM)

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Group C was a fantastic draw for the USA.  Of course, it's too early to start cheering and booking seats for the knockout stage, but this is the best the USA could have hoped for in this tournament.

Group G has already been labeled the Group of Death.  North Korea should prove a cake walk for each team in that group.  So, the battle will be tight between Brazil, Portugal, and Ivory Coast.

No host country has ever been eliminated in the Group Stage, but South Africa may be the first.  They are going to be hard pressed to advance out of Group A.

Defending champions Italy and the Netherlands have found themselves with the easiest draws.  Each of these teams could very well have a cake walk until they play each other in the quarterfinals. 




Edited by tlj101010 - Dec 04 2009 at 12:22pm

Just made a Google calendar with all the games.  I can't wait!!

If anyone uses a calendar on a regular basis, like in Outlook or Thunderbird or Google Calendars, here is the link for the World Cup schedule I made:

http://www.google.com/calendar/ical/fuco531o6l847dd81qegqm6ico%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics

A search on Google for "World Cup":



Edited by tlj101010 - Jun 08 2010 at 11:50am

Match 2 Result:

Uruguay 0 - 0 France

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This was an embarrassment for France.  They played like timid little girls.  They fielded only one striker the entire match, and rarely sent more four men into the attack.  Sitting with 7 men behind the ball for 88 of the 90 minutes is just horrible.  Bunch of French pansies.

That USA v Algeria match was the most gut-wrenching I've watched in a long while. 

Kick-off is in a couple of minutes. You all better be camped out in front of a TV watching it.