World Cup 2010: Day 13 action
The best images from the matches in Groups C and D as the qualifiers are finally sorted out
World Cup 2010: Landon Donovan’s last-ditch strike puts US top of group
Landon Donovan's goal took USA team into second round for only the third time in their historyA dramatic extra-time goal by Landon Donovan, pictured the moment after he scored against Algeria, lifted the USA from the brink of elimination to the top of ...
Match Review & Highlights: USA 1-0 Algeria
Where to start with this game? How about with what nearly happened: The US were very nearly out of World Cup 2010 on the back of a second questionably disallowed goal in two games. It wasn’t nearly as bad as the infamous Maurice Edu incident, but in the 19th minute Clint Dempsey had the ball...
USA 1-0 Algeria
Bill Clinton was at this game, probably reflecting for 92 minutes that he scored more often than this lot. The USA won the match and Group C in the most dramatic circumstances possible, Landon Donovan's goal relegating England to second place just when...
Video: Highlights from the USA vs Algeria match
What the deuce? That must have been Clint Dempsey's reaction on each harrowing occasion he missed and the time his goal was disallowed for a dubious offside call. The Fulham winger had about three clear chances to bury the...
Landon Donovan Scores in the 91st Minute, USA Through to Last 16
This post is part of our series on World Cup Goals
It looked for all the world like the USA were going to fail to beat Algeria and fail to get out of Group C. For 90 minutes they just couldn’t score. But then in the 91st minute Altidore found Dempsey, Dempsey’s shot was saved, and...
USA into the Group of 16! The cardiac kids do it!
If you are a heart patient, please take your medications before watching the US. All those missed chances in front of goal looked like they would come back to haunt us. And it just became more and more nerve wracking...
USA v Algeria – live!
Hit the auto-update button for the latest posts, look in our live World Cup blog and email paul.doyle@guardian.co.uk85 min: Algeria need a goal so they're brought on their record scorer, Rafik Saifi. Off goes Matmour. 83 min: Dempsey sizes up a freekic...
Halftime Report: US 0, Algeria 0; England 1, Slovenia 0
The way it stands now, England and Slovenia go through - unless the US wins! C'mon Altidore! Altidore's open goal miss will haunt him for months unless he makes good. Fingers crossed....
Halftime: USA 0 Slovenia 0
Rafik Djebbour almost gave Algeria a dream start. 9': Jay De Merit almost gave the US a repeat of their earlier nightmares as he completely flubbed a long ball which bounced in front of Djebbour whose looping shot beat Howard...
USA vs Algeria: Bornstein, Gomez get a start!
Jonathan Bornstein will start at left back. Onyewu on the bench. Edson Buddle will not be Jozy Altidore's partner as Herculez Gomez gets the nod. What is happening? Has Bob Bradley lost his mind?...
