Even the warm up to the world cup will be exciting. A game with Germany before the cup was just announced.

1/22/06 - U.S. Men vs. Canada - San Diego, CA
1/29/06 - U.S. Men vs. Norway - Carson, CA
2/10/06 - U.S. Men vs. Japan - San Francisco, CA
2/19/06 - TBD - Frisco, TX
3/01/06 - TBD - Europe
3/22/06 - U.S. Men vs. Germany - Dortmund, Germany

I can't wait to see these games.

There will be 3 friendlies in the US in May to prepare for the WC although I'm not sure what teams that can schedule to mimic Italy and Czech. World Cup years are always a great time for soccer. Add to that the fact that I have an MLS team to support finally and 2006 will be a GREAT soccer year for me.