World Cup Draw today

Ah, exciting news today from the most popular sport in the world. No, not NASCAR, I said most popular in the world. The World Cup draw is today:

When: 3 p.m. (EST)

TV: ESPN2, Univision.

Purpose: Divide 32 finalists into eight first-round groups for next summer's tournament in Germany. Each group gets one team from each pot.

Yes, the U.S. is fielding a team. What are we hoping for in this draw, you ask? Basically, we're hoping not be in the same group as Brazil the first round. As much of a superpower the US is in other areas, on the soccer field we have a long way to go to reach super-status. Brazil is like the NY Yankees of the soccer world. We're more like Oakland A's farm team. Which is wierd because our women's squad kick ass. The guys? Eh, not so much. Maybe if we had taken all of our professional athletes in football, baseball, and basketball and made them all play soccer since they could walk, we'd have a better shot.

Last time around, though, we upset Portugal 3-2 and made it into the quarterfinals run (the best we have done in 72 years).

Okay, here's another reason to watch the draw: Heidi Klum will be one of the co-hosts. Now you have no excuses.