United States head coach Eddie O'Sullivan has named an unchanged line-up to face Uruguay in the second leg of their Rugby World Cup Americas qualifier in Florida on Saturday.

Former Ireland boss O'Sullivan believes the players which secured a 27-22 victory in Montevideo last weekend can protect the five-point cushion in Fort Lauderdale and take the Americans into the 2011 IRB World Cup in New Zealand.

"With just a five-point spread between the teams we have to approach this game as a one-off final," O'Sullivan said. "As far as we are concerned the score is 0-0 with 80 minutes remaining. It's all to play for."

The 18th-ranked Eagles will once agin be led by flanker Todd Clever with Nottingham RFC scrum-half Tim Usasz, a try-scorer in the first leg, starting alongside veteran fly-half Mike Hercus.

Also on the scoresheet for the Americans in Uruguay were wing Kevin Swiryn and centres Junior Sifa, from Irish club Midleton, and Alipate Tuilevuka, Hercus adding a penalty and two conversions.

The aggregate winners will take up the Americas 2 berth in Pool C of the 2011 World Cup alongside Australia, Ireland, Italy and the Europe 2 qualifier.

Full team: C Wyles (Saracens), T Ngwenya (Biarritz Olympic), P Emerick (Parma FC), J Sifa (Midleton), K Swiryn (Old Puget Sound Beach); M Hercus (Sunshine Coast Stingrays), T Usasz (Nottingham); M Moeakiola (Pearl City), P Thiel (Life University), W Johnson (Oxford University), J Van der Giessen (Sporting Club Albigeois), H Smith (Saracens), L Stanfill (New York Athletic Club), T Clever (Golden Lions), N Johnson (Denver Barbarians).

Replacements: B McClenahan (Olympic Club), J Sprague (Mystic River), A Parker (Gentlemen of Aspen), JJ Gagiano, M Petri (New York Athletic Club), N Malifa (Belmont Shore), P Tuilevuka (Provo Steelers).