In Pictures: USA Make A Film Of Beating Algeria At World Cup

TEAM USA are through to the last 16 of the World Cup, having broken Algerian hearts not with a cruise missile, rather with a shot from Everton’s Landon Donovan.

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After the goal, Donovan talks of his life being on a “journey“. (The Journeyman footballer, indeed.) It is sentimental and cloying. You know you should snort with derision and hate it. But you just keep watching. Your hear strains of melancholic music, the oral equivalent of an adorably scruffy dog licking a plucky boy’s dirty face.

It is quintessentially American.

And we wondered what would occur should the US win the World Cup? And if the closing credits last longer than the match…

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**ALTERNATE CROP* USA's Landon Donovan (left) celebrates victory with teammate Clinton Dempsey at the final whistle

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Posted: 23rd, June 2010 | In: Key Posts, Sports Comments (5) | TrackBack | Permalink