Thoughts, predictions, comments, favorite World Cup-watching food and drink?

Before starting, we all know what the sport is called in respective countries so please no soccer/football/whatever debates.

I love watching soccer and WC is so much fun. I always pull for the US in international matches, but otherwise I'm quite fickle in my support of countries during international matches. I'm several generations removed from Italy so they're my #2. I loved visiting Barcelona so Spain is up there. I have friends who moved here from England (Bath), and also some that recently moved to Germany (Kaiserslautern) so those are two countries that I'll also root for. It'll be an interesting US/EN party at the Brits' home this Saturday!

I hope Altidore heals quickly for the US and boy does it suck to see Drogba go out so close to the start.

So tell us what you think about the Cup and let's get some gentlemanly debate once those matches start!