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Updated: June 19, 2010, 10:04 AM ET
By Chris Jones | Special to ESPN.com

CAPE TOWN -- The World Cup's Group C -- England, the U.S., Slovenia and Algeria -- has somehow become the worst group here, a mistake-prone collection of misfires, failures and flubs. There have been pie-eating contests that have seen less gagging.

The C stands for Choke.

Friday, there were two more ties in the Group of Death by Attrition, both abysmal in their own, stomach-churning ways.

The first was unjust: the U.S. was robbed of a history-making comeback ...

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