Are you ready for some Futbol? Ah, um, soccer. A couple downtown Minneapolis restaurants sure are as there will be watch parties galore for the World Cup which starts Thursday. The biggest FIFA World Cup ever, with a record 48 teams set to play a record 104 matches spread out across the U.S., Canada and Mexico, is here this week. General Manager Brad Johnson at The Local on Nicollet Mall says they've been preparing for this moment for quite some time. "At least a couple of months," he says.