Who Should I Support In The World Cup?

So I'm jacked for the World Cup but I have no team to cheer for since I'm Canadian and we didn't qualify.  
 
Who should I support? Sell me on a team! I just can't decide and the tourney would be way more fun if I had a team to back.

I hear the Lakers are good.

No one. Soccer sucks. 

People who state their opinion like it's fact suck !
 
I'm going Japan. 
 
However being Scottish, anyone opposing England seems fair game too :)

I'm going for Germany. I hope they do the Fuhrer proud.

You should support your Queen's team, eh?

Team USA.

The Netherlands, next to spain the biggest attacking threat in the tournament, buckets of style, dodgy defence. Should be exciting, I'm Irish, but studying in the Netherlands the last 4 months, have always supported the dutch becuase my dad loved the 74 and 78 "Total Football " sides.

Nobody, because whoever you support will most likely lose. Plus you should find something better to do with your time.

Being Irish, anyone but France or England.
 
I have a bet on Chile to win so they are my team for the tournament.

"You should support your Queen's team, eh? "

North Korea.

Start watching all the games and ill bet eventually you will find a team that you want to cheer for. Im going USA and Italy because i live in the US and im half italian

" Nobody, because whoever you support will most likely lose. Plus you should find something better to do with your time. "

When my team doesn't qualify I generally watch a few group games and then see who impresses me.  In 94 the awesome Bulgarian team of Stoichkov and Letchkov won me over straight away.  This time I'd look out for Slovakia, with their cultured midfielder Marek Hamsik, Serbia with the intimidating Vidic and Ivanovic looking very solid in defence and I wouldn't be surprised to see the USA do well this time out.  Anyway with that said, I'm off back to Football Manager :-)

" @bh0y:@JellyFish_Gsus:  Gahh, I hate that attitude. I, as an Englishman, love to see the other British teams do well. It always baffles me why you'd want the team closest to home to do badly.  For example, I'm an Arsenal supporter, but if Arsenal get knocked out of the Champions League... I'll root for the other British teams instead. It's better than some random team completely unaffiliated with yours winning it.  LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR! "

Dude go for the Socceroos.

" @creamypies said:

" @bh0y:@JellyFish_Gsus:  Gahh, I hate that attitude. I, as an Englishman, love to see the other British teams do well. It always baffles me why you'd want the team closest to home to do badly.  For example, I'm an Arsenal supporter, but if Arsenal get knocked out of the Champions League... I'll root for the other British teams instead. It's better than some random team completely unaffiliated with yours winning it.  LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR! "

Manchester United did occupy Highbury for 800 years(chiefly due to its not existing I'll admit), persecute the native people ,steal their land, and cause through neglience a famine(1845-50) which killed a million and caused another million to emigrate in a country which produced more than enough food, but the english owned the land and so the food was exported abroad."

"@creamypies said:

" @bh0y:@JellyFish_Gsus:  Gahh, I hate that attitude. I, as an Englishman, love to see the other British teams do well. It always baffles me why you'd want the team closest to home to do badly.  For example, I'm an Arsenal supporter, but if Arsenal get knocked out of the Champions League... I'll root for the other British teams instead. It's better than some random team completely unaffiliated with yours winning it.  LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR! "

Manchester United did occupy Highbury for 800 years(chiefly due to its not existing I'll admit), persecute the native people ,steal their land, and cause through neglience a famine(1845-50) which killed a million and caused another million to emigrate in a country which produced more than enough food, but the english owned the land and so the food was exported abroad.  Ireland is not a home nation , we are not British and owe no allegiance to British or Home Nation teams, well a certain fondness for the Welsh and the Scots. I love english people , love english television, but I will change channels when God Save The Queen comes on, and hope England goes home early. "

" @EdIsCool: Dude, this is what I mean. When people bring fucking politics into the game. The England players had nothing to do with that, nor did the backroom staff. The England of then, is not the England of now. "

" @creamypies said:

" @EdIsCool: Dude, this is what I mean. When people bring fucking politics into the game. The England players had nothing to do with that, nor did the backroom staff. The England of then, is not the England of now. "

 They are the representatives of the people of England, they have the flag and anthem of  oppression, its like sense memory, red rag to a bull. Its political, everything is political actually. "

Base it on your ethnic background. I'm an american and I'm going for the US and Italy. 

Go for england! You share our queen and she will of course be watching every game on the edge of her seat, wearing a shirt with rooney on the back and swearing at the TV.
 
Don't support brazil just because they play the best football, that's booooriiinnng. There will be no drama unless you play Spain. You want a team who has as  good a chance to win as to lose.

I'm mexican, but I'll be rooting for Argentina and Italy, because I hate my country and hate the fucking coach, and I love Argentina, love their football, their country and their women, same with Italy.

" As a german, can you describe to me how it is if you don't qualify? "  

Frankly that's the main reason I'm not a soccer fan.
As a Canadian we never have a team there and randomly choosing a team to pretend to get behind just doesn't carry the passion of being a real fan of something.

Wow - thanks for all the amazing feedback.  I like to see people getting fired up about their countries and their soccer. Even though soccer isn't a main sport I follow, I've played and love the game so I have mad respect for soccer fans around the world.
 
I'm thinking the Aussies will be the team I'll follow closely. They are certainly an underdog and will have a tough time advancing out of their group but they seem to have a feisty style. Plus, us Canucks can relate to Aussies in a lot of ways ;)

Your home country?

" So I'm jacked for the World Cup but I have no team to cheer for since I'm Canadian and we didn't qualify.    

" As a german, can you describe to me how it is if you don't qualify?  No, as always: go for the underdog. If you want to have some fun, go for the underdog that has a chance.  My favourites apart from germany though: -Ivory coast. Africa never wins anything even if they have amazing teams on paper. This is their chance.-North korea for representing the cold war. Also, highest potential of their shirt being worn by hip people. No chance of winning anything, though.  edit: I have to add: don't support italy. That is probably the most important thing to remember. "

" I hear the Lakers are good. "

" Honduras just lost 0-3 to romania, and they are not even in the world cup. I wouldn't count on them. "

@seanvail99

"  @FakePlasticTree: My roots go back to the first groups arriving in Canada from France in the 1600s so I'm pretty damn Canadian. I love Quebec but I can't stand France so despite how good they are, there's no way I can support them (although oddly I love Thierry Henry).   Honduras is interesting but since they were a big part of the reason Canada didn't qualify I couldn't do it.   "

italy and the socceroos ! 

Honduras isn't a part of the reason Canada didn't qualify. Canada have no one to blame but themselves.  This was the best chance they had at qualifying in decades, and they fell apart.  "

COME ON ENGLAND. THREE LIONS ON OUR SHIRT. VINDALOO. FOOTBALL'S COMING HOME. 1966 WE STILL BELIEVE.

Blablabla.

" @FakePlasticTree: "

Honduras isn't a part of the reason Canada didn't qualify. Canada have no one to blame but themselves.  This was the best chance they had at qualifying in decades, and they fell apart.  "

Agreed. There is no reason Canada should be losing to Jamaica and Honduras. Unacceptable.   I like to think that someday the CSA will get their act together, but they don't give me much cause for hope. "

" Its always fun to root for team USA.  The perpetual underdog in international soccer.  I also usually back Italy, and I pick an African team to root for.  This year, it will be Ghana. "