COSTA DO SAUIPE, Brazil: The United States will play Ghana, Portugal and Germany in a tough first-round group at next year’s World Cup.
Making their seventh straight appearance at soccer’s showcase, the Americans were drawn into Group G and will open on June 16 in Natal against Ghana, which eliminated the Americans from the last two World Cups.
With the longest travel schedule of any World Cup team at almost 9,000 miles, the US meets Portugal and Cristian Ronaldo on June 22 in the Amazon rain forest city Manaus.
The Americans close group play on June 26 in Recife against Germany, which beat the US in the 2002 quarterfinal.
FULL DRAW:
Group A
1. Brazil
2. Croatia
3. Mexico
4. Cameroon
Group B
1. Spain
2. Netherlands
3. Chile
4. Australia
Group C
1. Colombia
2. Greece
3. Ivory Coast
4. Japan
Group D
1. Uruguay
2. Costa Rica
3. England
4. Italy
Group E
1. Switzerland
2. Ecuador
3. France
4. Honduras
Group F
1. Argentina
2. Bosnia
3. Iran
4. Nigeria
Group G
1. Germany
2. Portugal
3. Ghana
4. United States
Group H
1. Belgium
2. Algeria
3. Russia
4. South Korea
source: arabnews
Tags: Ghana, Portugal, sports, US
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