General Soccer Thread

[JackofDiamonds]

Are the pools drawn from the pots?

Yep. Tomorrow.

So our possible pool comes from Australia, Iran, Japan, Korea, Costa Rica, Honduras, and Mexico?!

[longhornbaseball]

Are the pools drawn from the pots?

Yep. Tomorrow.

So our possible pool comes from Australia, Iran, Japan, Korea, Costa Rica, Honduras, and Mexico?!

Nope. One team from each pot forms a pool. Having all those [expletive] teams in our pot is a really bad thing.

When you do the math, you see that USMNT's chances of getting a favorable draw are slim. Here are the odds for where the U.S. will end up within its group (rankings based on Nate Silver's SPI):

Best team in group — 1.9%
Second-best team in group — 20.2%
Third-best team in group — 54.4%
Worst team in group (group of death) — 23.4%

Not great! Only two teams in each group make it to the knockout stage.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/us-world ... z2mflLgMEK

[go birds]

dumb question but is this the highest we've ever been ranked?

[JackofDiamonds]

Oh no, that's not a good thing.

[go birds]

Germany and Ghana thus far. Ugh.

[go birds]

and now portugal

[Gashouse]

Tough draw. 2-3 really tough groups this time.

[slide_into_first]

To be the best you have to beat the best.

[TimeForGuinness]

Wow...the US really got screwed. Argentina gets a gift a group.

[JackofDiamonds]

Oooooof.