[SkiBum80]

The biggest sporting event in the world starts today. It is the eagerly awaited every four years by us soccer-loving fans.

I don't like that the field was increased to 48 (from 32) as there will be some teams that don't belong, but it is still a month+ of watching the best soccer players represent their countries to raise the trophy and give their fans 4 years of bragging rights.

When they had the draw and set the groups, I first thought the USA got really lucky, not getting a really hard group. But looking into it more, the drawback (pun intended) was that the USA did not get any of those "teams that don't belong" in their group. There is no pushover. So now I'm thinking USA could win their group. Also could lose their group entirely and not make knockout round.

[SkiBum80]

The biggest sporting event in the world starts today. It is the eagerly awaited every four years by us soccer-loving fans.

I don't like that the field was increased to 48 (from 32) as there will be some teams that don't belong, but it is still a month+ of watching the best soccer players represent their countries to raise the trophy and give their fans 4 years of bragging rights.

When they had the draw and set the groups, I first thought the USA got really lucky, not getting a really hard group. But looking into it more, the drawback (pun intended) was that the USA did not get any of those "teams that don't belong" in their group. There is no pushover. So now I'm thinking USA could win their group. Also could lose their group entirely and not make knockout round.