USA Top The Group - USA vs Algeria (1:0)

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Wednesday, 23rd June 2010
USA Top The Group

Bill Clinton was in the stands to watch Team USA show England how to do it.

Algeria's Rafik Djebbour hit the bar in the sixth. minute, as the North Africans tried to show that they were not out of the tournament yet.

Half-time: 0:0

After all their chances, the United States might have felt it just wan't going to happen for them as the game remained scoreless going into injury time.

Clint Dempsey missed the chance to score in injury time but Landon Donovan was on hand to put the ball in the net from close range, and the United States above England in the group.

Final Score:
USA 1 Algeria 0

Goalscorers:
1:0 Landon Donovan (91 mins)

Man of The Match:
Landon Donovan - For shooting Team USA into the last 16.

Teams

USA:
1 Tim Howard; 12 Jonathan Bornstein, 3 Carlos Bocanegra, 15 Jay DeMerit, 6 Steve Cherundolo; 8 Clint Dempsey, 19 Maurice Edu, 4 Michael Bradley, 10 Landon Donovan; 9 Herculez Gomez, 17 Jozy Altidore.

Algeria:
23 Rais M'Bolhi; 3 Nadir Belhadj, 4 Antar Yahia, 5 Rafik Halliche, 2 Madjid Bougherra; 15 Karim Ziani, 8 Medhi Lacen, 13 Karim Matmour, 19 Hassan Yebda, 21 Foued Kadir; 11 Rafik Djebbour.

Referee:
Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

Substitutions:
46 Mins (USA) - 22 Benny Feilhaber on for 9 Herculez Gomez
64 Mins (USA) - 14 Edson Buddle on for 19 Maurice Edu
65 Mins (Algeria) - 9 Abdelkader Ghezzal on for 11 Rafik Djebbour
69 Mins (Algeria) - 17 Adl�ne Gu�dioura on for 15 Karim Ziani
80 Mins (USA) - 7 DaMarcus Beasley on for 12 Jonathan Bornstein
85 Mins (Algeria) - 10 Rafik Saifi on for 13 Karim Matmour

6 Yellow Cards:
12 Mins - Hassan Yebda (Algeria)
62 Mins - Jozy Altidore (USA)
76 Mins - Antar Yahia (Algeria)
83 Mins - Medhi Lacen (Algeria)
93 Mins - Antar Yahia (Algeria)
90 Mins - DaMarcus Beasley (USA)