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1038 vs. United States
  Thursday, 15 November 2018
A Wayne Rooney Foundation Friendly match

England 3 United States 0 [2-0]
 



For the first time, England honoured one of their greatest players by awarding him a final appearance. Wayne Rooney was awarded a Guard of Honour and an FA plaque from Harry Kane and Greg Clarke.

The National Stadium connected by EE, Wembley, Brent, Greater London
Kick-off (GMT): 8.01pm
Attendance: 68,155

Dele Alli kicked-off 93 minutes 45:14 & 48:09
[1-0] Jesse Lingard 25 24:54
 curling strike from edge of area from a Dele Alli lay-off

[2-0] Trent Alexander-Arnold 27 26:38
 strike across front of goal from a Jadon Sancho pass
 
[3-0] Callum Wilson 77 76:09
 6-yard side-footed tap in from Fabian Delph cross
 
no cautions
Commentator: Martin Tyler with Gary Neville
 

Match Summary

Officials from Spain England Squad

Type

US Squad
Referee (salmon pink)
Jesús Gil Manzano
 34 (4 February 1984), Don Benito, FIFA-listed 2014
15 Goal Attempts 10
7 Attempts on Target 2
Assistant Referees 0 Hit Bar/Post 0
Ángel Nevado Rodríguez
37 (17 November 1981)
Diego Barbero Sevilla
38 (24 September 1980).
3 Corner Kicks Won 3
Fourth official
Carlos
del Cerro Grande
42 (13 March 1976), Alcala de Henares, FIFA-listed 2013.
2 Offside Calls Against 4
8 Fouls Conceded 7
61% Possession 39%
 

England Team

 

Rank:

FIFA (25 Oct 2018) 5th
EFO ranking Group One
ELO rating 8th to 7th
Colours: The Nike 2018 home shirt - White v-necked jerseys with red trim on collar, white shorts, white socks.
Capt: Fabian Delph
only match, W 1 - D 0 - L 0 - F 3 - A 0.

Wayne Rooney 58th min.
Manager: Gareth Southgate, 48 (3 September 1970), appointed caretaker manager on 27 September 2016, appointed as permanent manager on 30 November 2016.
thirtieth match, W 16 - D 8 - L 6 - F 47 - A 23.
first City player to captain since 2011.
England Lineup
1 Pickford, Jordan L., off 46th
min
24
253 days
7 March 1994 G Everton FC 14 13ᵍᵃ
2
Alexander-Arnold, Trent J. 20
39 days
7 October 1998 RB Liverpool FC 5 1
3 Chilwell, Benjamin J., off 58th min. 21
329 days
21 December 1996 LB Leicester City FC 4 0
4
Delph, Fabian 28
359 days
21 November 1989 CM/LB Manchester City FC 17 0
5 Keane, Michael V. 25
308 days
11 January 1993 RCD Everton FC 5 0
1238 6 Dunk, Lewis C.
26
359 days
21 November 1991 LCD
Brighton & Hove Albion FC 1 0
4th Albion player to represent England - first since Steve Foster in 1982
7
Sancho, Jadon M. 18
235 days
25 March 2000 RF Bsv Borussia 09 Dortmund, Germany 2 0
8 Winks, Harry B., off 70th min. 22
286 days
2 February 1996 RM Tottenham Hotspur FC 3 0
89 9
Wilson, Callum E.G., off 79th min. 26
261 days
27 February 1992 CF AFC Bournemouth 1 1
1239 2nd Bournemouth player to represent England
14 Lingard, Jesse E., off 58th min. 25
335 days
15 December 1992 LF Manchester United FC 21 3
11
Alli, Bamidele J., off 57th min. 22
218 days
11 April 1996 LM Tottenham Hotspur FC 32 3
England Substitutes
scoreline: England 2 United States 0
113 21  McCarthy, Alex S., on half time for Pickford 28
347 days
3 December 1989 GK Southampton FC 1 0ᵍᵃ
1240 37th Southampton player to represent England only app 2018
16 Henderson, Jordan B., on 57th min. (56:50) for Alli 28
151 days
17 June 1990 CM Liverpool FC 48 36 0
12
22 Dier, Eric J.E., on 58th min. (57:02)  for Chilwell 24
304 days
15 January 1994 LM Tottenham Hotspur FC 37 27 3
10
10
 
Rooney, Wayne M., on 58th min. (57:11) for Lingard
 
33
22 days
 
24 October 1985
 
LF
 
DC United, United States 120 109 52
11 most gls
only DC player to represent England final app 2003-18
23
 
Loftus-Cheek, Ruben I., on 70th min. (69:06) for Winks
 
22
296 days
 
23 January 1996
 
RM
 
Chelsea FC
 
10 7 0
3
final app 2017-18
scoreline: England 3 United States 0
19
Rashford, Marcus, on 79th min. (78:04) for Wilson
 
20
15 days
31 October 1997
RF
 
Manchester United FC 30 13      6
17
121st to reach the 30-app milestone 2nd youngest/quickest  
result: England 3 United States 0
unused substitutes: 12-Harry Kane, 13-Jack Butland, 15-Kyle Walker, 17-Raheem Sterling, 18-Ross Barkley, 20-John Stones.
records: This is England's 600th match to be played in the British Isles.
Wayne Rooney, in his final appearance, becomes the second player to reach 120 appearances, but the first outfield player to do so.
It is Rooney's 37th appearance out of 62 England home matches at the National Stadium, equal with Joe Hart.
 
4-3-3 Pickford (McCarthy) -
Alexander-Arnold, Keane, Dunk, Chilwell
(Dier) -
Winks
(Loftus-Cheek), Delph, Alli (Henderson) -
Sancho, Wilson
(Rashford), Lingard (Rooney)
notes: Delph took up the leftback position from the 58th min.
Averages (Starting XI): Age 24 years 40 days Appearances/Goals 9.5 0.5
least experienced starting XI in 2018-19
 

United States Team

 

Rank:

FIFA (25 Oct 2018) 23rd
EFO ranking n/a
ELO rating
27th to 30th
Colours: Made by Nike - Navy blue v-necked jerseys with lighter blue halfhoops, navy blue shorts, royal blue socks
Capt: William Trapp
Brad Guzan 70th min.
Interim coach: Dave Sarachen, 64 (7 June 1954), appointed 14 November 2017
eleventh match, W 3 - D 4 - L 4 - F 11 - A 14.
United States Lineup
1 Guzan, Bradley E. 34
67 days
9 September 1984 GK Atlanta United FC 60 0
2 Yedlin, DeAndre R. 25
129 days
9 July 1993 RB Newcastle United FC, England 57 0
3 Miazga, Matt 23
119 days
19 July 1995 CD FC de Nantes, France, on loan from Chelsea FC, England 11 1
6 Brooks Jr, John Anthony 25
291 days
28 January 1993
in Berlin, Germany
CD VfL Wolfsburg, Germany 22 2
19 Flores Villafaña, Jorge A., off 88th min. 29
60 days
16 September 1989 LB Portland Timbers 20 0
10 Pulisic, Christian M. 20
58 days
18 September 1998 RM Bsv Borussia 09eV Dortmund, Germany 22 9
20 Trapp, William A., off 70th min. 25
304 days
15 January 1993 RDM Colombus Crew SC 10 0
16 Green, Julian W., off 62nd min. 23
162 days
6 June 1995 AM SpVgg Greuther Fürth, Germany 15 4
8 McKennie, Weston J.E., off 76th min. 20
79 days
28 August 1998 LDM Fc Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, Germany 7 1
11 Weah, Timothy T., off 76th min. 18
266 days
22 February 2000 LM Paris Saint Germain FC, France 8 1
7 Wood, Bobby S. 26 15 November 1992 CF Hannoverscher Sv von 1896, Germany, on loan from Hamburger SV, Germany 44 13
United States Substitutes
scoreline: England 2 United States 0
4 Adams, Tyler S., on 62nd min. (61:19) for Green 19
274 days
14 February 1999 CM New York Red Bulls 8 1
23 Perry Acosta, Kellyn K., on 70th min. (69:29) for Trapp 23
113 days
25 July 1995 DM Colorado Rapids 22 2
15 Saief, Kenneth H., on 76th min. (75:06) for Weah 24
333 days
17 December 1993 LM RSC Anderlecht, Belgium 4 0
14 Lletget, Sebastian F, on 76th min. (75:17) for McKennie 26
73 days
3 September 1992 DM LA Galaxy 4 1
scoreline: England 3 United States 0
18 Moore, Shaquell K., on 88th min. (87:01) for Villafaña 22
13 days
2 November 1996 LB CF Reus Deportiu, Spain, on loan from Levante UD, Spain 4 0
result: England 3 United States 0
unused substitutes: 5-Cameron Carter-Vickers, 9-Marcus Delgado, 12-Ethan Horvath, 25-Reg Cannon.
 
4-5-1 Guzan -
Yedlin, Miazga, Brooks, Villafaña
(Moore) -
Pulisic, Trapp
(Acosta), Green (Adams), McKennie (Lletget), Weah (Saief) -
Wood
Averages (Starting XI): Age 24 years 273 days Appearances/Goals 25.1 2.8
youngest opposition XI in 2018-19

 

    Match Report by Mike Payne

A strange game, this one. The pre-match talk was all about Wayne Rooney, or course it was, as the England legend was given a farewell appearance international that both he and the fans could savour. Fair enough, but it was also a much changed side that Gareth Southgate put out after last month’s fine win in Spain. Three new caps, with Lewis Dunk, Callum Wilson and, after the break, Alex McCarthy in goal, making their debuts. Ironically though, Rooney began the match on the bench.

England started brightly and after five minutes the visiting goalkeeper Brad Guzan tipped a Deli Alli header on to the bar, although the referee signalled that Trent Alexander-Arnold’s cross had gone out before Alli’s header.  When the action swung to the other end Dunk was on hand to head a dangerous cross away and then, two minutes later, Wilson almost celebrated a debut goal, only just failing to reach a Jesse Lingard cross.  It was all action in these early stages, with the young USA side very much showing the transitional state that they were in.  They were all over the place at times as England pushed forward relentlessly.  Wilson should have had a penalty when he went down under a challenge from Guzan, but the referee waived away the penalty claims.

Jadon Sancho, the young England talent, making his first start, showed his twinkle toes on occasions, and this lad has the makings of a real star. At just 18 years of age he has the world at his feet. He set Harry Winks up with one effort but the Tottenham man fluffed his shot.

The majority of the play was very much England’s but on 24 minutes they nearly gave away a silly goal. A bad mistake by Michael Keane, who otherwise had a solid game, was so nearly punished as Christian Pulisic latched on to the ball but with a free shot he could only hit the advancing Jordan Pickford, who saved with his body, and the ball was scrambled clear.

That was a scare for England, but just a minute later a magnificent goal emphasised England’s dominance. Alli, out on the left, touched the ball to one side to Lingard and the Manchester United striker curled a fantastic shot into the far top corner, giving Guzan no chance. It was a fabulous goal and reminiscent of the one he scored in the World Cup back in the summer. Barely two minutes later and it was 2-0. Alli was again involved as he found Sancho in the inside-right position. The youngster cleverly waited for the overlapping Alexander-Arnold before laying the ball into his path. The full-back hit a tremendous first-time shot into the far corner. It was Alexander-Arnold’s first goal for his country and a memorable one too.

The USA were stunned by those two goals in two minutes but they tried to hit back when skipper William Trapp’s challenge on Fabian Delph won the ball and his pass to Julian Green resulted in a good shot which Pickford did well to block with both fists.

With England seemingly easing off a little after their two goals it opened the way for the States to apply some pressure before half-time. Pulisic fired a shot wide after good play by Tim Weah, and the England defenders had to block a couple of other efforts.

After the break Alex McCarthy came on for Pickford, but there was no sign of Rooney, much to the crowd’s puzzlement. Both sides started the half on the front foot and a forceful run by the ever-willing Pulisic saw another shot blocked by the home defence. Ben Chilwell then put in a good run down the left but Lingard’s shot hit a defender before being cleared. The USA were having more of the play at this stage but the England defenders were shutting their forwards down well and McCarthy had little to do.

A
raft of substitutions followed and the biggest cheer of the night came when the crowd spotted Rooney in his familiar number ten shirt ready to come on. He joined the action with Eric Dier and Jordan Henderson, whilst Alli, Chilwell and Lingard went off. The US team also made changes and as so often happens all these substitutions disrupted the flow of the game.

On 66 minutes Bobby Wood saw another shot charged down and England were struggling to recapture the earlier sparkle they had. A corner was given away and Wood really should have pulled a goal back from the cross. His header flew over though and England escaped. Reuben Loftus-Cheek then came on for Winks and over the next few minutes England’s play improved. Rooney had his first shot of the night, and then Loftus-Cheek set up Alexander-Arnold with a fine pass, but the resultant cross from the latter was put wide by Wilson.

Wilson had come close a couple of times with his enthusiastic centre-forward play, and on 76 minutes he scored the goal he deserved. Delph, now at left-back, found himself down the left-wing and his cross was perfectly met by the striker as Wilson volleyed the ball past Guzan. The Bournemouth player was overjoyed to score, and it was just as well that he did because in the next instance he was replaced by Marcus Rashford.

England began this match well, and they were ending it well too, with several dangerous attacks coming in the final ten minutes. Rooney showed his passing skills, and he nearly set up Loftus-Cheek with one fine pass over the top of the visiting defence. Rooney also played Rashford in, but the striker was crowded out. All the time that Rooney was on the field, and he played very well it has to be said, the crowd were willing him to score. Right at the death it seemed the perfect script had been written. A lovely move by England ended with Rooney having a magical chance. Alas, the USA goalkeeper ruined the moment by diving to his right to pull off a smart save. What a disappointment! There was still time for Rooney to have one more chance, but he just failed to reach Sancho’s cross. What a story that would have made, ‘Veteran Rooney scores from Wonderkid’s cross’, you could see the headlines couldn’t you.

In all seriousness this was a comfortable win by England and one or two of the players did their chances of future appearances no harm whatsoever. Sadly, we won’t see Rooney playing for England again, unless the FA decide to have a reunion match for him when he is 50! Thanks for all the great memories Wazza, and good luck for the future.

Meanwhile we now have unfinished business with Croatia!
     

Source Notes

TheFA.com
BBC Sport
USSoccer
 

Mike Payne - football historian and contributor
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