England

2-0

USA

Terry 38, Gerrard 59

 


International Friendly
8.05pm, Wednesday 28 May 2008
Wembley Stadium
 
David Beckham is already looking forward to the possibility of winning his 102nd cap for England in Trinidad after enjoying an emotional night at Wembley.

Beckham was presented with a special 'golden cap' before last night's 2-0 friendly victory over the United States to mark his achievement of completing a century of appearances for the Three Lions.

But the LA Galaxy midfielder is determined it will not end there - and the next opportunity to increase his haul comes in Port of Spain on Sunday.

Beckham said: "I’m enjoying each game as it comes and playing one game at a time and I want to carry on playing for my country. Things can change very quickly but the manager has already said if I stay fit and I’m performing then I have a chance to be in the squad. That’s great.

"It's Trinidad next, we’ll be leaving on a 10-hour flight almost straight away and I’m looking forward to the trip. We’re looking forward to playing over there and it’s going to be a good experience."

Beckham certainly had a good experience against the States at Wembley.  He played the first 45 minutes, set up John Terry's opening goal with a free-kick and relished his pre-match presentation, too.

He said: “I was honoured to reach 100 caps in France and then to come back here and get 101 and also receive a golden cap from Sir Bobby Charlton, who is obviously my dad’s hero and my hero, was fantastic. I was very honoured by that."

Beckham also paid tribute to captain-for-the-night Terry, who put aside last week's Champions League disappointment when he missed a penalty in the final against Manchester United to perform heroically for the Three Lions.

Becks said: “John Terry is a great captain, no-one can take that away from him.  Just because of his disappointment last week doesn’t change him as a person or as a player. He is still going to be a top class player, a top class captain and a great guy as well.

“We were all happy he scored the goal and that he put in a performance like he did. He’s still going to be hurting of course but he’ll get over it. It will take time but he’ll get over it.”

 

England
1 David James, 2 Wes Brown (13 Glen Johnson, 57) 3 Ashley Cole (14 Wayne Bridge, 82), 4 Owen Hargreaves, 5 Rio Ferdinand, 6 John Terry (c), 7 David Beckham (17 David Bentley, 46) 8 Frank Lampard (21 Gareth Barry, 57) 9 Jermain Defoe (25 Peter Crouch, 68) 10 Steven Gerrard, 11 Wayne Rooney (22 Joe Cole, 78)

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

Coach
Fabio Capello

Colours
White shirts, blue shorts, white socks

USA
1 Tim Howard (18 Brad Guzan, 46) 3 Carlos Bocanegra (c), 4 Michael Bradley, 12 Heath Pearce, 6 Steven Cherundolo (27 Frankie Hejduk, 46) 7 DaMarcus Beasley (11 Eddie Lewis, 68) 8 Clint Dempsey, 9 Eddie Johnson (14 Nate Jaqua, 89) 13 Ricardo Clark, 16 Josh Wolff (19 Freddy Adu, 68) 22 Oguchi Onyewu

Substitutes not used
2 Danny Califf, 26 Mo Edu.

Coach: Bob Bradley

Colours: Grey shirts, white shorts, grey socks 

Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

Assistant Referees: Dimitrios Bozaizides & Dimitrios Saraidaris (both Greece)

Fourth Official: Peter Walton (England)

Attendance: 71,233