England (8-5 before Blatter's comments, 4-1 after) -- By then, they will finally have solved the hooligan problem. Plus, the country deserves to get some pleasure out of the game it "invented." It's not like the team's going to win the damn thing anytime soon.

U.S. (3-1) -- Americans aren't good at waiting. It will have been 24 years since we last hosted the tournament. That's absurd. Sure, it's only 4 World Cups between ones on U.S. soil, but why should other countries get to have all the fun? We're the big brother who always gets his way. Plus, we'll be done paying off Beck's contract by then, so we're ready to throw a ridiculous amount of money at some other soccer-related cause. (The Nooner's un-asked-for, dramatic prediction of the day: If it's here, we win. No questions asked.)

Mexico (6-1) -- The pluses: One final run at home for Borgetti, who might never retire; cheap drugs; Jorge Campos would almost certainly play a prominent role in the festivities.
The minuses: Everyone who enters Azteca immediately gets the Black Lung; Drinking Corona and Tecate for three straight weeks would get old real fast; Bad things happen in Mexico. Haven't you ever seen Laguna Beach or The O.C.?

Dark horse candidate that the Nooner is unaware of because he barely did any research to write this post (10-1) -- The title pretty much says it all.

Canada (1 trillion-1) -- Seriously? It's f-ing Canada. The only reason the odds are so low is because the Nooner couldn't find the infinity symbol on his keyboard. Go play hockey, Canucks.

Belize (Not gonna happen) -- But how awesome would that be? The Nooner can dream, can't he? He'd be there in a heartbeat, wearing his thong bathing suit. (On second thought, it's probably a good thing it won't happen.)