Today is the day the world found out who will be playing who in next summers World Cup. I am very excited and even had an extra spring in my step today due to the anticipation of waiting to see not only when and where the teams will playing, but also which teams Aaron and I will be seeing in Cape Town. I was unable to watch any coverage on TV of the draw, but I was able to check it out online. When I got home from school I was able to watch a replay on ESPN360.com, which was really exciting. For World Cup’s of the past I cannot recall their being so much anticipation or coverage of the event. There may have been, but I probably did not know about, was not interested, or forgot about the coverage of the draws. This time is much different, because I am going and because the good old USA is expected to due well. I am not going go into how I think the teams are going to due in tournament, as that will come in later posts. Aaron and I will see Uruguay take on France in our first game, which will be very exciting, because France won World Cup 1998. The 1998 World Cup was my first true World Cup, because I watched every game and still have many of the games on VHS and watch them occasionally. For our second game we will be watching Italy play Paraguay. I took all the teams that will be playing in Cape Town and put them in a hat. The team that I drew will be the team that I following the entire World Cup regardless of how far that team makes it in the tournament. Ironically, I drew Italy as the team I will be following and rooting for during the World Cup. I will be posting information on the Italian National Team and right now I am trying to find a jersey to buy. Italy was the winner of World Cup 2006. As for the South American teams, I know nothing about them except they play hard until the end. Preparations for our trip continue. Aaron and I have house reserved for the entire month of June in a Cape Town suburb, which will put us about 45 minutes from the Stadium by subway. Our goal is to get airlines tickets over Holiday Break.