The 2014 World Cup is almost upon us. Do you know where you’re going to get sloshed have fun and watch the matches with your friends?

Having become such a huge soccer town, Seattle has many great places to watch the World Cup, which begins this Thursday in Brazil. The World Cup soccer tournament comes every four years and pits the globe’s best squads head-to-head to determine the champion of the world’s most popular sport.

We reached out to as many sports bars (and one community center) as possible to compile a list of the 20 best places to watch the World Cup matches this year. Check out the results (in alphabetical order) in the gallery above.

Did we miss your favorite bar? Think we should have excluded a venue? Let us know in the comments below. But please take note that we decided to limit this list to locations within the Seattle city limits.

The World Cup begins Thursday with the opening ceremonies at 11:15 a.m. Pacific time, and the opening match between Brazil and Croatia at 1 p.m. at Arena Corinthians in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Matches will take place throughout Brazil for the next month, with the championship game scheduled for July 13.

The United States is slated to play its first match next Monday, June 16, against Ghana at Estádio das Dunas in Natal, Brazil. Kickoff is scheduled for 3 p.m. Pacific time. The U.S. will also play Portugal at 3 p.m. Pacific on June 22, and will match up with Germany at 9 a.m. Pacific on June 26. Stay tuned to seattlepi.com for full coverage.

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