# Update Me on the USMNT's World Cup Prospects

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/update-me-on-the-usmnts-world-cup-prospects/513215>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [October 9, 2009, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/update-me-on-the-usmnts-world-cup-prospects/513215 "2009-10-09T18:12:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/update-me-on-the-usmnts-world-cup-prospects/513215/61 "2009-12-14T19:33:46Z")

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> [@DSYoungEsq](#):
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> [Here you go; done on December 4th](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=542295&page=2)! 🙂
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> Go to post #42 for the final draw. 🙂

We’re grouped with England. :eek:

We’re screwed.

Unless it’s Belo Horizonte all over again!!!

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**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/update-me-on-the-usmnts-world-cup-prospects/513215/62 "2009-12-14T20:47:10Z")

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> [@Lochdale](#):
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> You know that’s a club tournament right? Entirely different from the World Cup. Club tournaments contain players from all over the world so I’m not sure how it’s suddenly a European only event (in terms of players).

Presumably he means the European Championships. :smack:

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**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/update-me-on-the-usmnts-world-cup-prospects/513215/63 "2009-12-14T20:48:18Z")

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> [@HeyHomie](#):
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> We’re grouped with England. :eek:
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> We’re screwed.
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> Unless it’s Belo Horizonte all over again!!!

We are taking England down. That way, we will avoid the Round of 16 match-up with the Germans, and get to watch as, again, the English and the Germans play for 120 min, after which the Germans will win on penalties. 😃

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