VIDEO: EA Sports releases first teaser of 2014 FIFA World Cup special edition video game | SIDELINE

EA Sports' 2014 FIFA World Cup video game release date


Starting soon, you can take your beloved US national team or Mexican national team all the way to World Cup glory and lift the cup high in the digital air.


Knock out the Germans, the Portuguese, the French, the Dutch and the host Brazilians on your way to the Yanks' or El Tri's first World Cup triumph.


Or, if you fancy a bigger challenge, travel back in time to the start of World Cup qualifying, qualify Canada for this summer's tournament and win the Canucks their first Cup.


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But whatever path you choose en route to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, get your 23-man roster, starting lineups and tactics ready, because EA Sports' 2014 FIFA World Cup video game is set to hit stores on April 17.


Check out the above teaser and try not to get uncontrollably excited for the next four months to fly by and the World Cup to start already.


Further good news for USMNT fans:

By the way, bonus points to EA Sports if they keep it super real and include stadiums in the game that are only three-quarters of the way completed and/or falling apart.