The prospect of drinking on the sly at 7 a.m. on a Saturday while watching international football might not appeal to everyone. Some of you — gasp! — may actually be interested in spending your weekend outside, instead of fostering the kind of Vitamin D deficiency only seen in bloggers who routinely decamp in the dankest corners of pubs, rooting on teams from countries they’ve never even set foot in.

But thanks mainly to a $10,000 donation from the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association, D.C. soccer fans who aren’t complete introverts are in luck — the planned Soccer In The Circle World Cup viewing party on June 12th will go on as planned.

Initially, many were skeptical about the organizer’s ability to get licenses from FIFA and ESPN — two behemoths of the sporting world — but event organizer Aaron DeNu made it sound easy.

“FIFA contacted us…with a couple straight-forward questions that we immediately answered,” said DeNu — and that was that.

ESPN has granted the organizers a license to project the network’s English-language match feed. DeNu told DCist that while ESPN was the organizer’s first choice, they had contingencies, including Univision, the Spanish-language network which a large English-speaking population watches the Cup on, anyway. (ESPN play-by-play often leaves a lot to be desired — though with Martin Tyler in the fold, things should be better this go-round.)

Many have also questioned whether the event — and the party which would break out among the crowd if the United States pulls off a massive upset of England in the late-afternoon game — would bump up against that evening’s Capital Pride Parade. DeNu assured DCist that neither organization is worried about it.

“Of course, it’s going to be a very busy day,” DeNu said. “We’ve been in contact with Pride. We’re excited for them and they’re excited for us.”