The draw for who plays whom in next year’s World Cup has come to a close — each time the event gets more glamorous and complicated. Basically, country names are drawn out of bowls, but no two European teams are allowed to be in the same group.

The United States is in one of the so-called ‘groups of doom,' facing Germany, Ghana and Portugal. Mexico has been placed with hosts Brazil, along with Cameroon and Croatia.

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