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England National Football Team Match No. 827

USA 1 England 2  [0-2]

Saturday, 28 May 2005

Match Summary and Report

Match Summary and Report Team Records USA Pre-Match England Pre-Match

 

Match Summary
Status: Friendly match.
Venue: Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois, capacity 61,500.
Attendance: 42,637.
Goals: England - Kieran Richardson, 4th min.
England - Kieran Richardson, 44th min.
USA - Clint Dempsey, 78th min.
Cautions: USA - Eddie Pope, 31st min., unsporting behaviour [foul on Jermaine Jenas];
England - Ashley Cole, 35th min., unsporting behaviour [kicked the ball away after referee had awarded a US freekick];
USA - Cory Gibbs, 42nd min., unsporting behaviour;
Expulsions: None.
Officials:
(yellow)		 Referee - Benito Archundia Tellez, 39 (31-Mar-1966), Mexico, FIFA-listed 1993.
Assistant referees - Pedro Robollar Leon, 38 (11-Sep-1966), & Alejandro Cruz Rios, 40 (17-Jul-1964), Mexico.
Fourth official - Michael Kennedy, 44 (16-Apr-1961), USA, FIFA-listed 1999.
Conditions: Kickoff 2:06 p.m. CT, 8:06 p.m. BST; cloudy.
Miscellany: -
Statistics:

Type

USA

England
Goal Attempts 13 10
Attempts on Target 3 4
Hit Bar/Post 1 0
Corner Kicks Won 4 6
Offside Calls Against 3 7
Fouls Conceded 6 18
Possession 47.4% 52.6%

USA Team
Ranking:

=10th in FIFA ranking of 18 May 2005; 15th in Elo world ranking before this match and 17th after this match.

Colours: Navy shirts with white shoulders and red piping, white shorts, navy stockings; made by Nike.
Coach: Bruce Arena, 53, appointed 27 October 1998,
103rd match
Captain: Kasey Keller.

USA Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
18-Keller, Kasey C 29-Nov-1969 35 G VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach, Germany 79 0 1990-active
2- Dempsey, Clinton D. 09-Mar-1983 22 D New England Revolution 6 1 2004-active
6-Cherundolo, Steve 19-Feb-1979 26 D Hannover 96, Germany 25 0 1999-active
21-Vanney, Greg 11-Jun-1974 30 D FC Dallas 33 1 1996-active
23-Pope, Edward, sub off 73rd min. 24-Dec-1973 31 D Real Salt Lake 68 6 1996-active
10-Donovan, Landon T. 04-Mar-1982 23 M Los Angeles Galaxay 62 19 2000-active
12-Gibbs, Cory 14-Jan-1980 25 M Feyenoord, Netherlands 17 0 1998-active
14-Ralston, Steve, sub off 73rd min. 14-Jun-1974 30 M New England Revolution 18 2 1997-active
16-Wolff, Joshua 25-Feb-1977 28 F Kansas City Wizards 30 7 1999-active
20-McBride, Brian R., sub off 82nd min. 19-Jun-1972 32 F Fulham FC, England 86 26 1993-active
25-Zavagnin, Kerry 07-Feb-1974 31 M Kansas City Wizards 12 0 2000-active

USA Substitutes
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
4-Bocanegra, Carlos, sub on 73rd min. on for Pope 25-May-1979 25 D

Fulham FC, England

 34 5 2001-active
15-Convey, Robert F., sub on 73rd min. on for Ralston 27-May-1983 22 M Reading FC, England 29 1 2000-active
11-Casey, Conor, sub on 82nd min. for McBride 25-Jul-1981 23 F 1.FSV Mainz 05, Germany 7 0 2004-active
19-Simms, Clyde, sub on 90th min. for Dempsey 21-Aug-1982 22 M D.C. United 1 0 2005-active
Formation:

4-4-2.
Substitutes
Not Used:		 1-Marcus Hahnemann, 3-Gregg Berhalter, 8-Jonathan Spector.

England Team
Ranking:

6th in FIFA ranking of 18 May 2005; 4th in Elo world ranking before this match and 3rd after this match.

Colours: White shirts with red trim, navy shorts, white stockings -  The 2005 "home" uniform.
Coach: Sven-Göran Eriksson, 57, appointed 31 October 2000, took post 12 January 2001, 
52nd match, W 29 - D 15 - L 8 - F 100 - A 47.
Captain: Sol Campbell, 3rd captaincy, 1st since May 1998, handed to David James for the second half.

England Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
1-James, David B.  01-Aug-1970 34 G Manchester City FC 31 0 1997-active
2-Johnson, Glen M. 23-Aug-1984 20 D Chelsea FC 3 0 2003-active
3-Cole, Ashley, sub off 63rd min. 20-Dec-1980 24 D Arsenal FC 40 0 2001-active
4-Carrick, Michael 28-Jul-1981 23 M Tottenham Hotspur FC 3 0 2001-active
5-Brown, Wesley M. 13-Oct-1979 25 D Manchester United FC 9 0 1999-active
6-Campbell, Sulzeer J., sub off 46th min. 18-Sep-1974 30 D Arsenal FC 65 1 1996-active
7-Jenas, Jermaine A. 18-Feb-1983 22 M Newcastle United FC 11 0 2003-active
8- Richardson, Kieran E., sub off 59th min. 21-Oct-1984 20 M Manchester United FC 1 2 2005-active
9-Smith, Alan 28-Oct-1980 24 F Manchester United FC 14 1 2001-active
10-Johnson, Andrew, sub off 76th min. 10-Feb-1981 24 F Crystal Palace FC 2 0 2005-active
11-Cole, Joseph, J. 23-Nov-1981 23 M Chelsea FC 22 3 2001-active

England Substitutes
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
15-Knight, Zatyiah, sub on 46th min. for Campbell 02-May-1980 25 D Fulham FC 1 0 2005-active
14-Neville, Phillip J., sub on 59th min. for Richardson 21-Jan-1977 28 D Manchester United FC 51 0 1996-active
16-Defoe, Jermain C., sub on 63rd min. for A Cole 07-Oct-1982 22 F Tottenham Hotspur FC 11 1 2004-active
12-Young, Luke P., sub on 76th min. for A Johnson 19-Jul-1979 25 D Charlton Athletic FC 1 0 2005-active
Formation: 4-4-2.
Substitutes
Not Used:		 13-Robert Green, 22-Scott Carson.

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