re: Brazil 2014 - anybody going?

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You can't know where the USA will play yet but Brazil is set in stone, I might have to go somewhere other than Rio for US , although it would be cool to see USA play its not a necessity its should be fun enough to be in Brazil period

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I agree with this, but no way do I go to Brazil and not see the US play

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How can you even start planning right now without knowing where the USMNT will be playing their games? This is the challenge for me...to know which city to be in at what date so that iI can catch the right games.

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This is my problem, when does that get announced? I might take in some other matches, but if I go to Brazil I'm fvcking watching the USMNT, bleedat!

I'm expecting around $5K including flight.

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This is my problem, when does that get announced? I might take in some other matches, but if I go to Brazil I'm fvcking watching the USMNT, bleedat!

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I expected the SB to have this answer

I know we aren't the only people facing this issue, so there must be a date where the match dates get set.

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I'm expecting around $5K including flight.

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This is fair...flight is probably $1500. Tickets will be $150/match (this is a guess). I'll plan on staying for the entire group stage and part of the knockouts...but I need to see how many days this will cover.

I was there from 2007 til 2008.

You're older though, aren't you?

Anyway, how was Florence? I've heard it's amazing.

How were the atmospheres for the games? When I went to a Chievo Verona game last year I would have to say that it was pretty lackluster.

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I was there from 2007 til 2008.

You're older though, aren't you?

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We are the same age...I started in Fall 07. What dorm did you live in?

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Anyway, how was Florence? I've heard it's amazing.

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It was my second trip to Florence -- gorgeous area but it didn't do as much for me this go around. I spent 10 days there previously and then was there another 3 this trip. It was literally identical in every way imaginable...so I guess that made it feel different. It was really cool knowing my way around the city without a map. I wish I had been able to go out into the small Tuscan villages...to me those have such a cool vibe.

The top of the Duomo is arguably my favorite spot in all of Europe. I have been up twice and literally spent an hour in awe both times. I can't imagine a prettier view of a city.

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How were the atmospheres for the games? When I went to a Chievo Verona game last year I would have to say that it was pretty lackluster.

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Fiorentina was a lot more relaxed than Hamburg. It is an older stadium and Palermo maybe have brought 50 visiting fans in total. The weather was absolute crap...the entire second half fans spent under the stadium because it monsooned on us. I think there were about 30k fans at the game. We had some teens get high as a kite next to us the entire game. I was surprised to see smoking 4-5 blunts in a stadium was totally acceptable.

Hamburg was absolutely fantastic. We scheduled this match because it fit with our schedule, but it had huge implications as it turned out for Hamburg. It was win or not qualify for Europa League so the place was packed and the energy was there from the start; probably 55-60k in Imtech Arena. The last five minutes they pulled the goalie and players were flying all over the pitch doing anything possible to push forward. Eventually Schurrle got on a break away with Hamburg only playing two back and scored. I have a beautiful video of the entire thing taking place...I just videoed the last five minutes because it was epic.

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The WC draw will take place after the playoff games.

December(ish)?

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