Honduran hero Jonathan Bornstein gets a start
United States: 1-Tim Howard; 6-Steve Cherundolo, 15-Jay DeMerit, 12-Jonathan Bornstein, 3-Carlos Bocanegra; 10-Landon Donovan, 4-Michael Bradley, 19-Maurice Edu, 8-Clint Dempsey; 17-Jozy Altidore, 9-Hercules Gomez.
Still can’t get my head around Herculez Gomez and Jonathan Bornstein in the line up. Does Bob Bradley want Karim Matmour or Antar Yahia to slip though?
Algeria: 23-Rais Ouheb Mbouli; 2-Majid Bougherra, 5-Rafik Halliche, 4-Antar Yahia, 3-Nader Belhadj, 21-Fouad Kadir, 19-Hassan Yebda, 8-Medhi Lacen, 15-Karim Ziani, 11-Rafik Djebbour, 13-Karim Matmour.
Rais Mbolhi who did a creditable job against England starts over Fowzi Chaouchi.
Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium). De Bleeckere has been watching Gladiator getting ready for the contest. This can’t be good, he looks like he might throw in a few cards, at the start of the match.