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Mutual support clear in Pretoria

Updated: June 24, 2010, 6:01 AM ET
By Luke Cyphers | ESPN The Magazine

PRETORIA, South Africa -- In the hours before the opening kickoff, the U.S. soccer team knew there was something different about this game.

A squad accustomed to seeing rival fans outnumber and drown out its own supporters -- and that's during home games -- arrived at Loftus Versfeld Stadium for a critical match with Algeria as the centerpiece of a pro-American parade.

"The street was lined with U.S. supporters, waving flags, dressed up, chanting USA, knocking on the ...

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