The 2014 Football World Cup has officially kicked off, with the United States being drawn with Jamaica in qualifying for the North, Central America and Caribbean region for the tournament in Brazil in three years' time. The other two teams in Group A will come from preliminary qualifying matches that include Haiti, Guatemala, the U.S. Virgin Islands and five other nations. Mexico is in Group B with Costa Rica, while Cuba and Honduras are in Group C. All three group winners and runners-up will advance to a final qualifying round, beginning in February 2013. As host, Brazil is the only nation that doesn't have to qualify. But 166 other teams are having their fate decided in the draw. The qualifiers began on June 15 and will end on November 19, 2013, after 824 matches. Twenty-eight teams were eliminated in preliminary rounds before yesterday's draw. The World Cup will be played from June 12 to July 13, and the complete match schedule will be announced in October.