We are merely hours away from the biggest party on Earth, and the time has come for us at FOXSoccer.com to put our reputations on the line, gaze into our crystal balls and make our predictions for the World Cup.
Who will we remember Brazil 2014 for? Will it be Neymar, the host nation's poster child? Or will it be the enemy, Lionel Messi, for finally earning his place in the pantheon of football? Which country will be this year's France, a perennial powerhouse shamed by a group stage exit? Who will be the surprise team of the tournament, à la Uruguay in 2010? And, of course, who will lift the 13.4 lbs, 18 carat gold trophy at the Maracana on July 13?
Think you're smarter than us? Check out all our staff's picks and compare them to your own. In four weeks, we can all look back and laugh at ourselves together:
Jamie Trecker, FOXSoccer.com's Editor-in-Chief
Leander Schaerlaeckens, FOXSoccer.com columnist/USA Insider
Kyle McCarthy, Inside MLS Blog editor/FOXSoccer.com columnist
Patrick Barclay, FOXSoccer.com contributor
Jonathan Wilson, FOXSoccer.com contributor
Dermot Corrigan, FOXSoccer.com contributor
Thomas Hautmann, FOX Soccer Blog editor/FOXSoccer.com contributor
Kayla Knapp, FOXSoccer.com editor/contributor
Charles Ventura, FOXSoccer.com Managing Editor/contributor
Joe Williams, FOXSoccer.com editor
James Dixon, FOXSoccer.com editor
