England vs USA World Cup 2010 Start Time and Highlights - Outside of hosts South Africa, no two countries have bought more advance tickets than England and the United States.

Fifa released a million tickets on its website on Saturday, with England's opening match against the USA in Rustenburg expected to be one of the most highly sought-after games in the group stages.

England will be without captain Rio Ferdinand and that leave Steven Gerrard to lead the side into this Group C encounter knowing that anything other than a convincing win will be considered a failure by the press back home.

England manager Fabio Capello has revealed Gareth Barry could be fit to play some part against the United States in Saturday’s Group C opener. Manchester City midfielder Barry suffered an ankle injury on 5 May and was thought to be definitely ruled out of the match in Rustenburg.

All the pressure rests on the Three Lions as the United States enter the fray knowing that they are expected to lose and anything they garner from the game would be a bonus before they go into the easier battles against Slovenia and Algeria.