Almost time to start thinking about seeds and a draw again. Would be awesome if somehow Iceland qualified and we could get stuck in a group with them and Iran. I don't see Columbia or Belgium pulling off #1 seeds and getting in a group with them would really suck unless they are #1 seeds. Outside of that I would take a group with Italy or Uruguay as a #1 seed. Want nothing to do with Argentina or Brazil, would take Spain, Germany or Holland over them. Despite the ranking I don't see Holland not as a #1 seed. The USMNT isn't getting a seed. Argentina, Brazil, Spain, Germany and Italy are locked in for sure, and Netherlands/Colombia/Belgium/Uruguay/Portugal are likely in line ahead of the US at this point. Among those teams, aside from hoping we only get 1 of them, I'd take anyone not CONMEBOL, basically. I want no part of a South American team in the group stage, and if the US can somehow avoid that, they're in good shape. Well, I guess no to Brazil, Argentina, Colombia or Uruguay. Ecuador and Chile I'd prefer not, but it would beat a Germany/Netherlands group I suppose. EDIT: Of course, saying all that, I fully expect them to end up in a group with Germany, Egypt, and Netherlands/Belgium, in the "kill me now" group.