English delighted with World Cup draw

English delighted with World Cup draw

Published Dec. 5, 2009 11:17 p.m. ET

Former England players and coaches were delighted after the team was drawn with the United States, Algeria and Slovenia in Group C at next year's World Cup in South Africa.

"That's as good as we could have expected," former national coach Terry Venables said after England avoided both France and Portugal in the group stage. "You could have hand-picked that and been happy with it."

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