The soccer world circled December 6 2013 on the calendar years ago, 3 years of qualifying games in the rear view mirror brought us to Bahia in Brazil to learn how the quadrennial tournament would be conducted in route to crown a champion in the most popular game on earth.
The 2014 FIFA world cup hosted by Brazil will be a tough slog full of disappointment for 31 countries and glory for only one.
The groups are set and the field is the hardest we have ever seen none of that is news.
The USA is playing in group G against, Ghana, Germany and Portugal.
The USMNT (United States Men National Team) has a history in the worlds game finishing 3rd long ago in 1930.
More recently USMNT was eliminated from competition in South Africa four years ago by Ghana.
Germany beat the best USA team in recent memory in the third round of Korea/Japan 2002 in that same tournament Landon Donovan scored a magic goal against Portugal and beat them 3-2
What will happen this time? -- only time will tell, and this blog will be ready to report it as close to real time as possible.
