Players, politicians and pundits weighed in on Scotland's men's World Cup draw much more quickly than the protracted event in Washington DC took to complete.
Steve Clarke's side will face five-time champions Brazil and Morocco - both beat Scotland at the 1998 World Cup - as well as Haiti, who are returning to the finals for the first time since 1974.
Scotland open against Haiti on 13 June, face Morocco six days later and meet Brazil on 24 June. The fixtures will likely take place in Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, New Jersey or Philadelphia.
Clarke, Scottish FA president Mike Mulraney and chief executive Ian Maxwell were pictured laughing as Scotland came out the pot, with teams like Paraguay, Ivory Coast, Tunisia and Egypt unable to be in Group C to avoid having more than one South American or African country in the same section.
Clarke said being draw with Brazil and Morocco again was a "quirk of fate", given Scotland faced them both on their last World Cup appearance in 1998.
First minister John Swinney wished Scotland "the best of luck", while former and current Scotland players expressed optimism mixed with some caution.
"We're not just there to make up the numbers," Scotland midfielder Ryan Christie told BBC Scotland's Sportscene. "We're wanting to go and compete and get through the group phase.
"We have to go over there wanting to try to prove a point."
Christie was part of Clarke's squads at Euro 2020 and Euro 2024, both of which ended at the group stage for Scotland.
"It's the same core of players that's managed to qualify for this World Cup," said the Bournemouth winger, 30. "Hopefully, we can go this one step further this time.
"Two out of the three games are going to be massively tough and even Haiti - nobody gets to a World Cup without being a decent team. [They are] teams we're not used to playing.
"You can't ask for more exciting games. I'm sure me and the rest of the boys are buzzing for it. We go into that tournament a little bit as the underdogs. It suits us. Hopefully, these other teams don't know what to expect and we can surprise them a little bit."