World Cup Match Photos: United States vs Algeria - FIFA World Cup 2010

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United States

1 - 0

Algeria

Group C

14:00 +00:00, June 23, 2010

Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa

Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (BEL)

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PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA - JUNE 23: A football fan holds a replica World Cup ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Group C match between USA and Algeria at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium on June 23, 2010 in Tshwane/Pretoria, South Africa. (Photo by Stuart Franklin/Getty Images)

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Algeria (Group C)
Argentina (B)
Australia (D)
Brazil (G)
Cameroon (E)
Chile (H)
Denmark (E)
England (C)

France (A)
Germany (D)
Ghana (D)
Greece (B)
Honduras (H)
Italy (F)
Ivory Coast (G)
Japan (E)

Mexico (A)
Netherlands (E)
New Zealand (F)
Nigeria (B)
North Korea (G)
Paraguay (F)
Portugal (G)
Serbia (D)

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Slovenia (C)
South Africa (A)
South Korea (B)
Spain (H)
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Capacity: 91,700 | Built: 1989

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Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
Durban Stadium, Durban
Ellis Park, Johannesburg
Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit
Peter Mokab Stadium, Polokwane
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria
Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg

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