Children hold a soccer ball as they pose for photographers before a FIFA Executive Committee meeting in Robben Island, South Africa, on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. South African Oscar winner Charlize Theron and Nobel Peace laureates Archbishop Desmond Tutu and F.W. de Klerk will be among the star-studded cast attending Friday's World Cup draw ceremony. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
The draw for the group stages in the 2010 World Cup will take place tomorrow live on ESPN 2 at 9 AM Seattle time. Many fans will likely get up and go to The George and Dragon in Fremont to watch the draw live with other football fans.
WHO: Soccer Fans & Sounders FC General Manager Adrian Hanauer
WHAT: 2010 FIFA World Cup Draw Viewing WHEN: Friday, December 4
TIME: 9 a.m.
WHERE: George & Dragon Pub
206 North 36th Street
A new official 2010 FIFA World Cup match ball from adidas will be unveiled and raffled off at the event.
The Seattle American Outlaws (Facebook) will be watching live at the Atlantic Crossing.
Fado Irish Pub on First Avenue will show a replay at 11:45 AM.
Know other places to watch it live locally? Post them in the comments section below!
The USA is on pins and needles, expecting a likely tough draw outcome. "I think we hope for a group where you feel like it gives a good opportunity to move forward," said Bob Bradley, who replaced Arena as U.S. coach after the Americans' first-round elimination in 2006. "There's always going to be, at the end, a 'Group of death,' and you say to yourselves, 'Well, hopefully we're not part of that.' It's out of your control."
South Africa of course is turning the event into a giant party for the globe. South Africa will know with which teams it will compete in the group stages of the 2010 World Cup when the draw, attended by dignitaries and glitterati from around the globe, takes place in Cape Town. More importantly, today will signal the start of a period of intense scrutiny of this country, not as the place that gave birth to such iconic figures as Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu nor the spectacular nature of the environment.
A girl dances in front of a South African flag before a FIFA Executive Committee meeting in Robben Island, South Africa, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. South African Oscar winner Charlize Theron and Nobel Peace laureates Archbishop Desmond Tutu and F.W. de Klerk will be among the star-studded cast attending Friday's World Cup draw ceremony. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
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