Daily News 12/2

USMNT

US team hopes for favorable draw- ESPN Soccernet

Chrysler ends US Soccer sponsorship- Wall Street Journal

Guzan the great- Aston Villa FC website

Goals keep flowing for Fulham's Dempsey- ESPN Soccernet

Preview: Europa league action- Yanks Abroad

DeMerit eyeing quicker comeback- BBC Sport

Everton goalkeeper Tim Howard aims to stop rot- Daily Express

For US, short straw likely in draw for World Cup- New York Times

International

France, Portugal aren't among seeds for 2010 World Cup draw- Bloomberg

World Cup 2010 draw: the details- The Guardian

ESPN will put out all the stops for draw- Soccer America


The pots for the World Cup draw will be:

Pot 1 (seeds): South Africa, Germany, Brazil, Italy, Spain, England, Holland, Argentina.

Pot 2 (Europe): France, Portugal, Slovenia, Switzerland, Greece, Serbia, Denmark, Slovakia.

Pot 3 (Africa and South America): Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon, Nigeria, Algeria, Paraguay, Chile, Uruguay.

Pot 4 (Asia, Oceania and North/Central America): Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Australia, New Zealand, USA, Mexico,