World Cup: U.S. vs. Slovenia lineups

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It’s a brisk but cloudless afternoon in Johannesburg, South Africa, where a heavily pro-U.S. crowd has turned out at Ellis Park Stadium -- the stadium featured in Clint Eastwood’s movie ‘Invictus’ -- for the Americans’ second group-play match in this World Cup.

After battling England to a 1-1 tie, the U.S. can move a big step closer to the second round with a good result here against Slovenia. And the crowd will help: there are more American flags here than at a Fourth of July picnic.

U.S. Coach Bob Bradley made one change to his lineup for Friday’s game with Slovenia, inserting Francisco Torres in the midfield in place of Ricardo Clark.The lineups:

U.S.

GK --Tim Howard

D -- Carlos Bocanegro

MF -- Michael Bradley

D -- Oguichi Onyewu

D -- Steve Cherundolo

MF -- Clint Dempsey

MF -- Landon Donovan

D -- Jay DeMerit

MF -- Francisco Torres

F -- Jozy Altidore

F -- Robbie Findley

Slovenia

GK -- Samir Handanovic

D -- Miso Brecko

D -- Marko Suler

D -- Bostjan Cesar

MF -- Robert Koran

F -- Ziatan Ljubijankic

MF -- Valter Brisa

F -- Milivoje Novakovic

D -- Bojan Jokic

MF -- Andraz Kirm

MF -- Alexsandar Radosavljevic