England

2-0

USA

Terry 38, Gerrard 59

 


International Friendly
8.05pm, Wednesday 28 May 2008
Wembley Stadium
Live on BBC1
 
John Terry says Fabio Capello's decision to hand him the captaincy gave him just the boost he was looking for after leading England to a comfortable victory over the USA at Wembley.

The Chelsea defender, who suffered Champions League heartbreak last Wednesday, opened the scoring for England just before half-time with a stunning header from David Beckham's free-kick.

And after seeing Steven Gerrard finish off a slick move after the break, Terry was left thrilled with his evening's work at the end of a very difficult week.

"The manager gave me a massive boost in

 the week by giving me the armband and so I think I repaid him with my performance and my goal,"
said the skipper.

"If I'm honest, England was the last place that I wanted to come and see the Manchester United players and everybody, but it's done me the world of good.

"It's been good getting back into the football routine, getting into training and being back out there on the pitch.

"And I think that was shown in my performance which I thought was very good."

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