2014 FIFA World Cup

[OctoberRaven]

My second team is England for no other reason than most of my family on my mother's side is English.

[Liam]

Holland and Nigeria have always been teams I have followed. 2nd and 3rd team ahoy!

[Crybaby Bunting]

Maybe it'd be a good idea to have a second team that has a chance of getting out of their group.

Because lol, didn't Holland end the last World Cup with 0 points?

[9 to 5]

Maybe it'd be a good idea to have a second team that has a chance of getting out of their group.

Because lol, didn't Holland end the last World Cup with 0 points?

Not quite. They made the final.

[Rafael]

Uruguay has Suárez, Cavani and a bunch of 50-year-olds. Italy will draw with England. And of course, you guys will manage to snatch a controversial 1-0 against Costa Rica.

And of course, Rafa's 2nd team will be Greece because yeah Greece.

[Blaze09]

I just want more of this

[Benjamin]

I just want more of this

Holy shit, has it already been two years since we encountered the magic of Mario and his antics?

[HailtotheYo]

GOALKEEPERS (3): Brad Guzan (Aston Villa/England), Tim Howard (Everton/England), Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake)

DEFENDERS (11): DaMarcus Beasley (Puebla/Mexico), Matt Besler (Sporting Kansas City), John Brooks (Hertha Berlin/Germany), Geoff Cameron (Stoke City/England), Timmy Chandler (Nürnberg/Germany), Brad Evans (Seattle Sounders), Omar Gonzalez (LA Galaxy), Clarence Goodson (San Jose Earthquakes), Fabian Johnson (Hoffenheim/Germany), Michael Parkhurst (Columbus Crew), DeAndre Yedlin (Seattle Sounders)

MIDFIELDERS (10): Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake), Alejandro Bedoya (Nantes/France), Michael Bradley (Toronto FC), Joe Corona (Club Tijuana/Mexico), Brad Davis (Houston Dynamo), Mix Diskerud (Rosenborg/Norway), Maurice Edu (Philadelphia Union), Julian Green (Bayern Munich/Germany), Jermaine Jones (Besiktas/Turkey), Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City)

FORWARDS (6): Jozy Altidore (Sunderland/England), Terrence Boyd (Rapid Vienna/Austria), Clint Dempsey (Seattle Sounders), Landon Donovan (LA Galaxy), Aron Johannsson (AZ Alkmaar/Netherlands), Chris Wondolowski (San Jose Earthquakes)

15 from MLS, 13 from Europe, 2 from Liga MX

Notable snubs include Klinsmann regulars Brek Shea, Sacha Kljestan, Edgar Castillo and Michael Orozco, as well as Juan Agudelo, Benny Feilhaber, and Eddie Johnson.

Actually surprised at Kljesten and Johnson not being named.

[HailtotheYo]

Costa Rica:

Goalkeepers (4):

Keilor Navas (Levante - Spain / 27 yrs.)
Patrick Pemberton (Alajuelense - Costa Rica / 32 yrs.)
Daniel Cambronero (Herediano - Costa Rica / 28 yrs.)
Esteban Alvarado (AZ Alkmaar - Netherlands / 25 yrs.)

Defenders (10):

Johnny Acosta (Alajualense - Costa Rica / 30 yrs.)
Giancarlo González (Columbus Crew - USA / 26 yrs.)
Michael Umaña (Saprissa - Costa Rica / 31 yrs.)
Oscar Duarte (Brugge - Belgium / 24 yrs.)
Waylon Francis (Columbus Crew - USA / 23 yrs.)
Heiner Mora (Saprissa - Costa Rica / 29 yrs.)
Junior Díaz (Mainz 05 - Germany / 30 yrs.)
Chrisitan Gamboa (Rosenborg - Norway / 24 yrs.)
Roy Miller (New York Red Bulls - USA / 29 yrs.)
Kendall Watson (Saprissa - Costa Rica / 26 yrs.)

Midfielders (10):

Celso Borges (AIK - Sweden / 25 yrs.)
Christián Bolaños (Copenhagen - Denmark / 29 yrs.)
Esteban Granados (Herediano - Costa Rica / 28 yrs.)
Michael Barrantes (Aalesund - Norway / 30 yrs.)
Yeltsin Tejeda (Saprissa - Costa Rica / 22 yrs.)
Diego Calvo (Valerenga - Norway / 23 yrs.)
José Miguel Cubero (Herediano - Costa Rica / 27 yrs.)
Carlos Hernández (Wellington Phoenix - New Zealand / 32 yrs.)
Ariel Rodríguez (Alajualense - Costa Rica / 28 yrs.)
Hansell Arauz (Saprissa - Costa Rica / 24 yrs.)

Forwards (6):

Álvaro Saborío (Real Salt Lake - USA / 32 yrs.)
Bryan Ruiz ( PSV Eindhoven - Netherlands / 28 yrs.)
Joel Campbell (Olympiacos - Greece / 21 yrs.)
Randall Brenes (Cartagines - Costa Rica / 30 yrs.)
Marco Ureña (Kuban Krasnodor - Russia / 24 yrs.)
Jairo Arrieta (Columbus Crew - USA / 30 yrs.)

[brenchill]

Costa Rica taking 4 Goalkeepers just to be on the safe side.

[9 to 5]

One survey has suggested that a pint of beer could cost as much as £21 in some parts of the country during the World Cup.

I am not going anymore.

[Gazz]

Especially lol, second teams when you just pick another good team. Pick someone like Iran instead. Or support whoever you get in the sweepstakes either on here or at work.

People can support whichever team they want to. Back in 2010 I was supporting Japan, this time round I'm backing Belgium because they haven't been in the World Cup Finals for nearly 20 years and I have personal links to the country I'm not gonna go into here. The fact that their captain plays for Manchester City & that they have a really good squad doesn't hurt either

Rainiac, undercover spy for the Belgian government.

[Baddar]

One survey has suggested that a pint of beer could cost as much as £21 in some parts of the country during the World Cup.

I am not going anymore.

So if TEOL goes, £10.50?

[Rainiac]

Especially lol, second teams when you just pick another good team. Pick someone like Iran instead. Or support whoever you get in the sweepstakes either on here or at work.

People can support whichever team they want to. Back in 2010 I was supporting Japan, this time round I'm backing Belgium because they haven't been in the World Cup Finals for nearly 20 years and I have personal links to the country I'm not gonna go into here. The fact that their captain plays for Manchester City & that they have a really good squad doesn't hurt either

Rainiac, undercover spy for the Belgian government.

Damn, was I really that transparent?

[Lineker]

Japan:

Goalkeepers: Eiji Kawashima (Standard Liege), Shusaku Nishikawa (Urawa Reds), Shuichi Gonda (FC Tokyo).

Defenders: Masato Morishige (FC Tokyo), Yasuyuki Konno (Gamba Osaka), Yuto Nagatomo (Inter Milan), Maya Yoshida (Southampton), Masahiko Inoha (Jubilo Iwata), Atsuto Uchida (Schalke 04), Hiroki Sakai (Hannover 96), Gotoku Sakai (VfB Stuttgart).

Midfielders: Yasuhito Endo (Gamba Osaka), Keisuke Honda (AC Milan), Shinji Kagawa (Manchester United), Makoto Hasebe (FC Nuremberg), Hiroshi Kiyotake (FC Nuremberg), Hotaru Yamaguchi (Cerezo Osaka), Toshihiro Aoyama (Sanfrecce Hiroshima), Manabu Saito (Yokohama F. Marinos).

Forwards: Shinji Okazaki (Mainz), Yoichiro Kakitani (Cerezo Osaka), Yuya Osako (TSV Munich 1860), Yoshito Okubo (Kawasaki Frontale).

Russia:

Goalkeepers: Igor Akinfeev (CSKA Moscow), Yury Lodygin (Zenit St Petersburg), Sergey Ryzhikov (Rubin Kazan).

Defenders: Alexander Anyukov (Zenit St Petersburg), Alexey Berezutskiy (CSKA Moscow), Vasili Berezutskiy (CSKA Moscow), Vladimir Granat (Dynamo Moscow), Andrey Eshchenko (Anzhi Makhachkala), Sergey Ignashevich (CSKA Moscow), Alexey Kozlov (Dynamo Moscow), Dmitry Kombarov (Spartak Moscow), Andrey Semenov (Terek Grozny), Georgi Schennikov (CSKA Moscow).

Midfielders: Vladimir Bystrov (Anzhi Makhachkala), Yury Gazinskiy (Krasnodar), Denis Glushakov (Spartak Moscow), Igor Denisov (Dynamo Moscow), Alan Dzagoev (CSKA Moscow), Yury Zhirkov (Dynamo Moscow), Alexey Ionov (Dynamo Moscow), Pavel Mogilevets (Rubin Kazan), Alexander Samedov (Lokomotiv Moscow), Victor Faizulin (Zenit St Petersburg), Oleg Shatov (Zenit St Petersburg), Roman Shirokov (Krasnodar).

Forwards: Artem Dzyuba (Rostov), Maxim Kanunnikov (Amkar Perm), Alexander Kerzhakov (Zenit St Petersburg), Alexander Kokorin (Dynamo Moscow), Pavel Pogrebnyak (Reading).

Ghana:

Goalkeepers: Fatau Dauda (Orlando Pirates), Adam Kwarasey (Stromsgodset), Stephen Adams (Aduana Stars).

Defenders: Samuel Inkoom (Platanias), Daniel Opare (Standard Liege), Harrison Afful (Esperance), Jeffrey Schlupp (Leicester), John Boye (Rennes), Jonathan Mensah (Evian), Jerry Akaminko (Kisehirspor), Rashid Sumalia (Mamelodi Sundowns).

Midfielders: Michael Essien (AC Milan), Sulley Muntari (AC Milan), Rabiu Mohammed (Kuban Krasnodar), Kwadwo Asamoah (Juventus), Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu (Udinese), Afriyie Acquah (Parma), Christian Atsu (Vitesse), Albert Adomah (Middlesbrough), Andre Ayew (Marseille), Mubarak Wakaso (Rubin Kazan).

Strikers: Asamoah Gyan (Al Ain), Kevin-Prince Boateng (Schalke 04), Abdul Majeed Waris (Valenciennes), Jordan Ayew (Sochaux), David Accam (Helsingborg).

Cameroon:

Goalkeepers: Charles Itandje (Konyaspor), Guy Roland Ndy Assembe (Guingamp), Sammy Ndjock (Fethiyespor), Feudjou Loic (Coton Sport).

Defenders: Allan Nyom (Granada), Nounkeu Dany (Besiktas), Cedric Djeugoue (Coton Sport), Aurelien Chedjou (Galatasaray), Nicolas Nkoulou (Marseille), Jean-Armel Kana-Biyick (Rennes), Henri Bedimo (Lyon), Benoit Assou-Ekotto (QPR), Gaetang Bong (Olympiakos).

Midfielders: Enoh Eyong (Antalyaspor), Jean Makoun (Rennes), Joel Matip (Schalke 04), Stephane Mbia (Sevilla, on loan from QPR), Landry Nguemo (Bordeaux), Alexandre Song (Barcelona), Cedric Loe (Osasuna), Edgar Salli (Lens).

Forwards: Samuel Eto'o (Chelsea), Eric-Maxime Choupo-Moting (Mainz 05), Benjamin Moukandjo (Nancy), Vincent Aboubakar (Lorient), Pierre Achille Webo (Fenerbahce), Mohamadou Idrissou (Kaiserslautern), Fabrice Olinga (Zulte Waregem).

[METALMAN]

Especially lol, second teams when you just pick another good team. Pick someone like Iran instead. Or support whoever you get in the sweepstakes either on here or at work.

People can support whichever team they want to. Back in 2010 I was supporting Japan, this time round I'm backing Belgium because they haven't been in the World Cup Finals for nearly 20 years and I have personal links to the country I'm not gonna go into here. The fact that their captain plays for Manchester City & that they have a really good squad doesn't hurt either

Belgium qualified in 2002!

I don't really have a team. I guess it would be nice if someone new won it.

[King Ellis]

Costa Rica taking 4 Goalkeepers just to be on the safe side.

It's their preliminary squad. :/

[9 to 5]

Especially lol, second teams when you just pick another good team. Pick someone like Iran instead. Or support whoever you get in the sweepstakes either on here or at work.

People can support whichever team they want to. Back in 2010 I was supporting Japan, this time round I'm backing Belgium because they haven't been in the World Cup Finals for nearly 20 years and I have personal links to the country I'm not gonna go into here. The fact that their captain plays for Manchester City & that they have a really good squad doesn't hurt either

Belgium qualified in 2002!

I don't really have a team. I guess it would be nice if someone new won it.

Nah.

[Lineker]

Uruguay:

Goalkeepers: Fernando Muslera (Galatasaray), Martin Silva (Vasco da Gama), Rodrigo Munoz (Libertad)

Defenders: Maximiliano Pereira (Benfica), Diego Lugano (West Bromwich Albion), Diego Godin, Jose Maria Gimenez (both Atletico Madrid), Sebastian Coates (Nacional), Martin Caceres (Juventus), Jorge Fucile (Porto)

Midfielders: Alejandro Silva (Lanus), Alvaro Gonzalez Lazio), Alvaro Pereira (Sao Paulo), Walter Gargano (Parma), Egidio Arevalo Rios (Morelia), Diego Perez (Bologna), Sebastian Eguren (Palmeiras), Cristian Rodriguez (Atletico Madrid), Gaston Ramirez (Southampton), Nicolas Lodeiro (Botafogo)

Forwards: Luis Suarez (Liverpool), Edinson Cavani (Paris St Germain), Abel Hernandez (Palermo), Diego Forlan (Cerezo Osaka), Christian Stuani (Espanyol)

[Lineker]

Spain:

Goalkeepers: Iker Casillas, Pepe Reina, David de Gea.

Defenders: Sergio Ramos, Gerard Pique, Raul Albiol, Juanfran, Jordi Alba, Daniel Carvajal, Alberto Moreno, Cesar Azpilicueta, Javi Martinez.

Midfielders: Xavi, Xabi Alonso, Iniesta, Koke, Busquets, Cazorla, Iturraspe, Fabregas, Thiago, Mata, Silva.

Forwards: Pedro, Navas, Diego Costa, Villa, Torres, Negredo, Llorente.