World Cup Logic: How the USMNT is Guaranteed To Win

The field of 32 is set for next summer's World Cup, but we at US Soccer Daily are going to tell you who the champion will be seven months in advance. Here's our World Cup Logic:

1) No European team has won a World Cup played outside of Europe.

Eliminated: Spain, France, Italy, Germany, England, Slovakia, Netherlands, Greece, Slovenia, Portugal, Switzerland, Denmark, Serbia
Teams remaining: 19


2) No team has won the World Cup with a foreign head coach.

Eliminated: South Africa, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Chile, Paraguay, Australia, Honduras
Teams remaining: 11


3) No team has won the Confederations Cup and World Cup in consecutive years.

Eliminated: Brazil
Teams remaining: 10


4) No country has won the World Cup when they are more than 25 miles away from the nearest other qualified nation.

Eliminated: Japan, New Zealand, Algeria
Teams remaining: 7


5) No team has hosted the U-17 World Cup and then gone on to win the next World Cup.

Eliminated: South Korea (U-17 hosts in '07), Nigeria (U-17 hosts in '09)
Teams remaining: 5


6) No team has won the World Cup after finishing lower than third in their qualification group.

Eliminated: Argentina, Uruguay
Teams remaining: 3


7) No team has won the World Cup in their first appearance after going more than 20 years between appearances.

Eliminated: North Korea (44 years since their last appearance)
Teams remaining: 2


8) No team has won the World Cup exactly 24 years after hosting it.

Eliminated: Mexico
Teams remaining: 1

And who is that one remaining team? None other than the United States. So there you have it, folks; start planning your celebrations now. Sepp, tell your boys to start engraving the trophy, it's already decided.