Wednesday, 23rd June 2010
USA Top The Group
USA vs Algeria
in Pretoria.
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)
1 Red Card:
93 Mins - Antar Yahia (Algeria)
Slovenia vs England.
Previous Encounters:
Team USA have yet to play against Algeria.
2010 World Cup Finals - Knockout Stage.
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