WASHINGTON, D.C. – The first 48-team World Cup was always destined to have unique quirks but as FIFA closed out their week in Washington, D.C., they came up with one final random twist for a week centered around Friday's draw . Representatives from the qualified teams gathered one last time on Saturday for a schedule reveal event, one so random that even president Gianni Infantino did not know what to call it when he entered the stage. The event, though, did serve a practical purpose – visiting national teams finally found out which stadiums they would play their opening games in, FIFA essentially splitting the experience of the luck of the draw in two parts.

While head coaches waited to find out their exact opponents on Friday before pondering their side's strengths against their grou

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