On December 4th, the draw for next summer's World Cup in South Africa was announced. Some countries were happy (USA!) and some would like a re-do of the groupings. Below are the groups as decided by a hybrid ranking and random selection process.
Group A: South Africa, Mexico, Uruguay, France
Group B: Argentina, Nigeria, South Korea, Greece
Group C: England, USA, Algeria, Slovenia
Group D: Germany, Australia, Serbia, Ghana
Group E: Netherlands, Denmark, Japan, Cameroon
Group F: Italy, Paraguay, New Zealand, Slovakia
Group G: Brazil, North Korea, Ivory Coast, Portugal (GROUP OF DEATH)
Group H: Spain, Switzerland, Honduras, Chile
With the groups decided, now teams can go about scouting opponents, forming strategy and finalizing their rosters for the finals which start on June 11, 2010. Group G looks to be the "Group of Death." Looks like C. Ronaldo might want to sharpen up his triple step-overs and apply a little extra hair gel if Portugal plan to advance against the all-star roster of the cup holders Brazil and Ivory Coast with the likes of Didier "The Great Diver" Drogba and the Toure brothers. USA seems to have a good opportunity to advance to the 2nd round for the first time since 2002 when they made it all the way to the quarterfinals. With that being said, USA still has a lot of unanswered questions about its team that need to be figured out before this summer.
Now that the draw is set...LET THE COUNTDOWN TO JUNE 11 BEGIN!
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