England 6-0 USA

FA Friendly International Tournament
1 September 2006
The Recreation Ground, Aldershot FC

England made up for losing a two-goal lead to Turkey on Wednesday by defeating USA by six goals with a superb performance that delighted coach John Peacock.

Arsenal's Henri Lansbury scored a fantastic with just 15 minutes on the clock, a finely worked effort that involved a number of players in the build up.

Then it was the turn of imposing forward Victor Moses to get on the scoresheet and double the Three Lions' advantage before the half hour mark with another superbly taken goal.

Seth Ofori-Twumasi rounded off the scoring with a well taken penalty in injury time to put the gloss on a sublime first half performance from England's young Lions

Ofori's Chelsea teammate Michael Woods added to his tally with a goal shortly after the interval, before Rhys Murphy bagged a brace to put an emphatic seal on the result and set up the opportunity to win the Tournament at Swindon on Sunday.

John Peacock was delighted with the result, and in speaking to TheFA.com revealed just how satisfied he was.

He said: "It's not often you can sit back and watch a game at this level without worrying about the way the players are doing.

"It was very close to the best performance in my time coaching with England, it was an excellent display.

"The players deserve a lot of credit because they took our instructions on board and they performed exactly as we hoped they would.

"Obviously after the disappointment of Wednesday night they needed to bounce back and show what they can do, and they did that."

Peacock was pleased with the clinical finishing of his side as well.

He said: "The goals were all excellent finishes, there was a lot of unselfish play out there and that was really pleasing to watch.

"The first goal was outstanding and the rest were just as incredible. You don't get many games like this.

"The lads have learnt so much in the recent months and we have to make sure we do a similar performance when we play Portugal on Sunday and take it from there."

England: Jason Steele (Middlesbrough), Seth Ofori-Twumasi (Chelsea), Jordan Spence (West Ham), Joseph Mattock (Leicester City), Moses Barnett (Arsenal), Michael Woods (Chelsea) (Thomas Harvey (West Ham) 54), Henri Lansbury (Arsenal), Tristan Plummer (Bristol City), Victor Moses (Crystal Palace) (Daniel Rose (Leeds United) 61), Rhys Murphy (Arsenal), Jonathan Franks (Middlesbrough) (Ashley Chambers (Leicester City) 65)

Goals: Lansbury 15, Moses 28, Ofori-Twumasi 40+2, Woods 48, Murphy 54 pen, 73

Attendance: 1,748