Well, I’m going to live blog USA-Algeria here.
Things are fairly clear if the US wins this match, as they will definitely advance. If they draw, they might advance, if England loses or draws and does not score more than 2 goals more than the US did.
Big storylines:
Can the US score first
Can Algeria score at all
How will a back 4 that has not played together work for the US
How will Algeria adjust to the need to attack
1st And we’re off with an early run by Algeria.
1st Mediocre cross on nice early run
4th Nice run by Algeria, who has been slightly more aggressive thus far
6th Wow, defensive mistake and the US is lucky to have an Algerian shot hit off the post, really nice feed but mostly because the defense did not work together
7th And the US counter-attack from Gomez is dangerous
9th Dempsey is high with a free kick and I wonder how they are adjusting to the special World Cup ball
9th Another opening and mistake on the back line
10th Long but ineffective run by Altidore against nice collapsing defense from Algeria
11th Corner well-earned by Algeria
12th Early well-earned yellow card from cynical tackle by Algerian, Altidore had a lot of space, though it was deep in the US end
13th Bad header for Edu gave up a worthless shot to Algeria
15th Nice stretch of possession with a fairly decent cross but a nice play by the Algerian keeper
15th Another long, errant shot from Algeria
16th Bleah, mediocre pass in US end gave easy possession to Algeria, but they squandered it, got it back, but the shot was blocked and the US has a nice counter
17th Nice attack and aggressive attempt by Gomez
18th Donovan has a nice opportunity that he boots high, might have been wiser to slide it to his left for a wide open Dempsey in the box
19th Mediocre free kick by Algeria leading to an American attack
19th Algeria defends the box really really well, in part by allowing some space on the wings and the midfield portion of their side
20th A great great flurry but the US ending in a disallowed goal which looks to be a bad call… great work by Bradley and great US persistence
22nd Altidore is very nifty at times
23rd England leading against Slovenia, bad news there
23rd Replay of the disallowed goal and it was clearly not offsides. If the US does not advance, there’s going to be some justified screaming, and they just mentioned about the referee not being in place… I wonder if their replays can show where he was 
24th Great defense by the US this time
26th Dempsey is down
27th Nice little attack by Algeria
29th US has a long stretch of possession but cannot convert that to an opportunity
30th Corner to Algeria and the rebound gave Altidore a slim chance but Algeria shut that down quickly
31st Really nice work on the right side by Algeria provided a solid opportunity
33rd Cherundolo with a great cross, but nothing out of it, in part because of Donovan’s whiff of the rebound
34th Nice work in the midfield, but the crowding of Algeria deep stopped the attack
35th Really nice defense by Bocanegra, though shoddy defense elsewhere gave Algeria a opportunity
35th Great great counter-attack leading to a magnificent opportunity and a what looked at first glance to be an amazing save against a beautiful opportunity by Dempsey
36th Another missed opportunity with an open net for Altidore as he and Donovan get in each other’s way, provided by really nice work at the edge of the box
38th Nice attack by Matmoor of Algeria, who has created some dangerous chances
40th Another close offsides call, this time in the US’s favor
41st Long cross from Cherundolo, I think he needed to be more aggressive to gather the pass to him, which took a moment to get to him slowing the attack
42nd Good defense by Algeria stopped a beautiful attack by the US
42nd Odd little knuckler by Dempsey almost caused some problems
43rd Algerian counter-attack provides a decent opportunity for Ziani
44th Bradley and Donovan are making some intricate and nifty and productive moves at the top of the box
45th Nice work from Edu but the attack fizzled
ET Wow, really nice cross from Algeria to end the half
The US played a really nice half but could not finish. It was a fairly open game, showing off much of the beauty of soccer. Only one tetchy moment and it earned an early yellow card.
Right now Algeria is dangerous on counters, but only had one or two build-up attacks that I recall. The US, on the other hand, is really doing nice work in the Algerian half. Now they just need a bit of good fortune.