So in what I think is good news for US soccer, The USSF has signed Jurgen Klinsmann to a 4 year contract extension getting us to World Cup 2018. The shuffle of coaches is a drain on countries all over and avoiding that for what I believe is a smart maintaining of the status quo is a good move. Check out the below article for additional information.
http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2013/12/12/armchair-analyst-four-more-years-jurgen-klinsmann-its-another-level

So the World cup starts in 6 months. It is a strange competition where the participants are set so far in advance. Between now and then, players will get injured, coaches fired and knew stars will arise. The rosters are not set for 5 months, so the competition for a spot on each national team will be fierce. It gives a certain excitement to games for the rest of the league seasons.
 It is my contention that when selecting a squad, most coaches will rely to much on experience and not enough on youth. The pressure of the world cup is so great, sometimes a young player who does not know enough to be scared becomes the star. I predict the star of this World Cup will be some 19 or 20 year old player, who most of us have never heard of. Time will tell.

Time to start looking at the 2014 World Cup

  The Draw for the 2014 cup is in the books. Here it is below for reference sake. The first round is a round robin with the top 2 teams in each group advancing to the knockout round. Team 1 plays 2 and team 3 plays 4 in the all important opening game. The top team in each Group was seeded based on World ranking. The remainder placed in pools and drawn according to ranking and geography. FIFA does not want 3 teams from the same region of the world in the same group. This produces a random yet not even draw. Group C and E and to some degree H are very weak. Group A and F are mere formalities for Brazil and Argentina. Those 2 South American powerhouses will walk through to the second round without breaking a sweat. There are 3 difficult groups, or Groups of Death, as they are called. B,D & G, are all very difficult with the USA's group G getting my vote for toughest. Making it through to the second round typically takes at least 4 points, so the best chance for the USA to make it through might be to get a win in it's opening match against Ghana.
   Over the next few months I will be posting updates in the count down to June 15th and the opening match.