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England National Football Team Match No. 863

England 2 U.S.A. 0 [1-0]

Wednesday, 28 May 2008

Match Summary and Report

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


 

Match Summary
Status: Nationwide International friendly match.
Venue: The National Stadium, Wembley, London;
Attendance: 71,233
Goals: England - John Terry, 38th minute;
England - Steven Gerrard, 59th minute;
Cautions: USA - Steven Cherundolo, 44th minute, foul;
USA - Heath Pearce, 70th minute, foul;
England - Wayne Rooney 76th minute;
Expulsions: None.
Officials:
(orange)		 Referee - Kyros Vassaras, 42 (01-Feb-1966), Thessaloniki, Greece, FIFA-Listed 1998;
Assistant Referees - Dimitrios Bozatzidis, 37 (11-Feb-1971), Greece, FIFA-listed 2002 & Dimitrios Saraidaris, 37 (13-Aug-1970), Greece, FIFA-Listed -2004;
Fourth official - Peter Walton, 47, (10-Oct-1959), England, Select Group of Referees since 2003, (FIFA Assistant Referee 1996-1998);
Conditions: Kickoff at 8.05 p.m. BST
Miscellany: Sir Bobby Charlton was presented to the teams before the match, he also presented David Beckham with his 100th England cap.
Statistics:

Type

England

USA
Goal Attempts 10 5
Attempts on Target 4 2
Hit Bar/Post 0 0
Corner Kicks Won 4 5
Offside Calls Against 4 2
Fouls Conceded 24 23
Possession 61% 39%

England Team
Ranking:

11th in FIFA ranking of 7th May 2008; 9th in Elo world ranking before this match and 8th after this match.
Colours: White shirts with red and navy trim, white shorts with navy blue trim, white stockings - The 2007 home uniform.
Coach: Fabio Capello, 62, appointed 14 December 2007, took post 7 January 2008, 
3rd match, W 2 - D 0 - L 1 - F 4 - A 2.
Captain: John Terry, 14th captaincy.

England Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
1-James, David B. 01-Aug-1970 37 G Portsmouth FC 38 0 1997-active
2-Brown, Wesley M., sub off 57th min. 13-Oct-1979 28 D Manchester United FC 17 0 1999-active
3-Cole, Ashley, sub off 83rd min. 20-Dec-1980 27 D Chelsea FC 64 0 2001-active
4-Hargreaves, Owen L. 20-Jan-1981 27 M

Manchester United FC

 42 0 2001-active
5-Ferdinand, Rio G. 07-Nov-1978 29 D Manchester United FC 67 2 1997-active
6-Terry, John G. 07-Dec-1980 27 D Chelsea FC 44 4 2003-active
7-Beckham, David R.J., sub off 46th min. 02-May-1975 33 M LA Galaxy, USA 101 17 1996-active
8-Lampard, Frank J., sub off 57th min. 20-Jun-1978 29 M

Chelsea FC

 61 14 1999-active
9-Defoe, Jermain C., sub off 68th min. 07-Oct-1982 25 F Portsmouth FC 27 3 2004-active
10-Gerrard, Steven G. 30-May-1980 27 M Liverpool FC 66 13 2000-active
11-Rooney, Wayne M., sub off 79th min. 24-Oct-1985 22 F

Manchester United FC

 43 14 2001-active

England Substitutes
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
17-Bentley, David M., sub on 46th min., for Beckham. 27-Aug-1984 23 M Blackburn Rovers FC 5 0 2007-active
21-Barry, Gareth, sub on 57th min., for Lampard. 23-Feb-1981 26 D Aston Villa FC 19 0 2000-active
13-Johnson, Glen M., sub on 57th min., for Brown. 23-Aug-1984 23 D Portsmouth FC 7 0 2003-active
25-Crouch, Peter J., sub on 68th min., for Defoe. 30-Jan-1981 27 F

Liverpool FC

 27 14 2005-active
22-Cole, Joseph J., sub on 79th min., for Rooney. 08-Nov-1981 26 M Chelsea FC 50 7 2000-active
14-Bridge, Wayne M., sub on 83rd min., for A. Cole. 05-Aug-1980 27 D Chelsea FC 29 1 2002-active
formation:

4-4-2

James -
Brown (Johnson), Ferdinand, Terry, A. Cole (Bridge) -
Beckham (Bentley), Lampard (Barry), Hargreaves, Gerrard -
Rooney (J. Cole), Defoe (Crouch).
Substitutes
Not Used:		 12-Joe Hart, 15-Stephen Warnock, 16-Jonathan Woodgate, 18-Phil Jagielka, 19-David Wheater, 20-Tom Huddlestone, 23-Stewart Downing, 24-Ashley Young, 26-Dean Ashton, 27-Theo Walcott, 28-Gabriel Agbonlahor, 29-Joe Lewis;

U.S.A. Team
Ranking:

21st in FIFA ranking of 7th May 2008; 18th in Elo world ranking before this match and 20th after this match.
Colours: Charcoal shirts, white shorts, charcoal stockings; made by nike;
Coach: Bob Bradley, 50 (03-Mar-1858), appointed 8 December 2006;
Captain: Carlos Bocanegra,

U.S.A. Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
1-Howard, Timothy M., sub off 46th min. 06-Mar-1979 29 G Everton FC, England 29 0 -active
12-Pearce, Heath 13-Aug-1984 23 D FC Hansa Rostock, Germany 12 0 -active
3-Bocanegra, Carlos 25-May-1979 29 D Fulham FC, England 56 9 -active
4-Bradley, Michael 31-Jul-1987 20 M SC Heerenveen, Netherlands 17 1 -active
22-Onyewu, Oguchialu J. 13-May-1982 26 D Royal Standard de Liège, Belgium 31 4 -active
6-Cherundolo, Steven, sub off 46th min. 19-Feb-1979 29 D Hannoverscher Sportverein von 1896, Germany 45 2 -active
7-Beasley, DaMarcus L. 24-May-1982 26 M Glasgow Rangers FC, Scotland 69 15 -active
8-Dempsey, Clinton D. 09-Mar-1983 25 M/F Fulham FC, England 39 9 -active
9-Johnson, Edward 31-Mar-1984 24 F Fulham FC, England 33 11 -active
16-Wolff, Joshua D. 25-Feb-1977 31 F no club 51 9 -active
13-Clark, Ricardo A. 10-May-1983 25 M Houston Dynamo 14 1 -active

U.S.A. Substitutes
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
18-Guzan, Brad, sub on 46th min. for Howard 09-Sep-1984 23 G Club Deportivo Chivas USA 6 0 -active
27-Hejduk, Francis D., sub on 46th min., for Cherundolo 05-Aug-1974 33 D Colombus Crew 76 6 -active
11-Lewis, Edward J., sub on 68th min. for Beasley 17-May-1974 34 M Derby County FC, England 76 9 -active
19-Adu, Fredua K., sub on 68th min. for Wolff 02-Jun-1989 18 M Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Portugal 5 0 -active
26-Edu, Maurice, sub on 78th min. for Clark 18-Apr-1986 22 M Toronto FC 5 0 -active
18-Jaqua, Jonathan, sub on 89th min. for Johnson 28-Oct-1981 26 F Sportclub Rheindorf Altach, Austria 3 0 -active
Formation:

4-4-2

Howard (Guzan) -
Cherundolo (Hejduk), Onyewu, Bocanegra, Pearce -
Dempsey, Bradley, Clark (Edu), Beasley (Lewis) -
Johnson (Jaqua), Wolff (Adu).
Substitutes
Not Used:		 2-Danny Callif.

Match Report

 

John Terry put aside his Champions League troubles to help England to a routine friendly win over a disappointing USA side at Wembley.  Terry headed England in front from a pinpoint David Beckham cross shortly before the end of a poor first half.  Gareth Barry came off the bench to set up team-mate Steven Gerrard to sidefoot home the second goal.  The USA's best chance fell to Eddie Johnson but he lashed past the post on a difficult evening for the visitors.

England returned to winning ways in Fabio Capello's third game in charge of the national side, but it was another largely uninspiring and forgettable friendly.  It will take more than a win over the Americans before Terry forgets his penalty miss that cost Chelsea the Champions League final.  But the goal clearly provided a bit of welcome relief for the Chelsea skipper, who was handed the captaincy as coach Fabio Capello again rotated the armband.

Former skipper Beckham was presented with a golden cap from England's record goalscorer Sir Bobby Charlton prior to the game and followed it with a energetic 45 minutes on the right side.  Beckham was first to threaten a goal with a free-kick that whistled past the post.  The LA Galaxy midfielder offered a scoring opportunity for Gerrard to break the deadlock from a cleverly worked set-piece, but the Liverpool star's shot was blocked by Clint Dempsey.

Jermain Defoe was handed a first start for 20 months up front to provide some swift legs alongside Wayne Rooney.  The Portsmouth player offered the pace but wasted several opportunities to show he is the man with the finishing touch that England have been lacking.  With the USA mustering little in attack it was a matter of whether England could convert their ample possession into goals.  Defoe should have finished off a neat move involving Gerrard and Rooney but he sidefooted past the post in front of goal.

Just before the interval England got the breakthrough when Beckham swung in a trademark cross from the right and Terry, standing almost on the penalty spot, powered a low header past Tim Howard.  The goal awoke the England fans from their friendly slumber and England began to dominate with Owen Hargreaves and Defoe threatening to add a second before the interval.

USA could have thrown a spanner in the works a minute of the restart with their best chance of the game, but Johnson smacked just wide of the upright with an otherwise-untroubled England defence standing back.  Both sides began to make use of their considerable substitute benches and Barry, who replaced an ineffective Frank Lampard, made an instant contribution.  The Aston Villa midfielder produced a deft pass to lay on the second goal for a breaking Gerrard to run on and slot home comfortably.

With the USA looking dead and buried the game was effectively over, which was all-but-confirmed when the crowd began the Mexican waves with 20 minutes still to go. - BBC Sport

Source Notes

Sources

BBC Sport
TheFA.com
SkySports.com
ESPN Soccernet
Robert Owens, Scarborough

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