i had to make a post because the countdown on the site is under 24 hours, although it is based on the viewer’s time zone as opposed to one standard clock, so the first game is actually on in under 15 hours. billions of football fans worldwide have been waiting for this for 4 years. 9 am (pdt) tomorrow is the kick off game featuring germany v. costa rica, followed by poland v. ecuador. look to favorites brazil but keep an eye on a few others: france, trying to shed the image of 2002’s cup when they failed to advance through the group stage; the netherlands, who have a cast of great players and will be well supported in their neighboring country, although they drew tough fixtures against giants argentina, rising african power cote d’ivoire, and defensive stalwarts serbia & montenegro; definitely watch the us team in group E, as i believe the qualifiers from that group will have played some great football and carry that momentum into the elimination stages (and quite possibly into a match versus brazil in the round of 16); and finally, you must like the chances of host nation germany. to players and fans worldwide i toast to a great world cup. in the next month i will be keeping you posted on the action from germany and hopefully sharing about some of my travels. lets go usa!

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