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CAPELLO NAMES SQUAD: BECKHAM, ROONEY IN FOR T&T AND USA FRIENDLIES Print E-mail

 England coach Fabio Capello has named a 31-man squad to face USA at Wembley, and travel to Trinidad and Tobago for England's final match of the season four days later, the FA announced on its official website and also informed the TTFF on Sunday.

Joe Hart receives his first call up to the England squad after a strong season with Manchester City, while there are six further players who along with Hart are yet to earn an England senior cap.


Among those players are West Ham United forward Dean Ashton, defenders Phil Jagielka, David Wheater and Stephen Warnock, Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Tom Huddlestone and Gabriel Agbonlahor.

A quartet of players from newly-crowned Premier League Champions Manchester United are included, with Wes Brown, Rio Ferdinand, Owen Hargreaves and Wayne Rooney all involved during Sunday's title-clinching win at Wigan Athletic. And star attraction David Beckham is also in the line up along with Peter Crouch


T&T coach Francisco Maturana in an immediate reaction said he was very pleased to see the strong line up named by Capello ahead of the June 1 international at the Hasely Crawford  Stadium which is already sold out.

 "I think it's a very strong squad and this is very good news. I want to play a strong England team and Capello is making this happen. England have a lot of world class players and they want to get good results and get their team playing its best football before their World Cup campaign begins. We are also doing the same with some young players and also the experienced ones. I am really looking forward to this game and I am sure all of Trinidad and Tobago will be very,very excited for this date. We will continue our preparations with the plans that we have and hope to be ready for this game. It is vital for both teams before they start their qualification for South Africa " Maturana told TTFF Media.

Sunderland midfielder Carlos Edwards, who was in the team for the 2006 World Cup clash added: "I can't wait. I see and play against these players  in the Premier League and to hit would be fantastic ave them play in my home country. It’s definitely a score to settle and I’m sure all our guys will be up for it. I’ve spoken to the mates up here as well and everyone is looking forward to this clash,” Edwards added.

The six UK-based players in the T&T squad so far include Stern John, Edwards, Clayton Ince, Kenwyne Jones,  Jason Scotland and  Dennis Lawrence. (May 11, 2008)

England Squad

Player

Club

DOB

Starts

Sub

Caps

Goals

Joe Hart

Manchester City

19.04.87

0

0

0

0

David James

Portsmouth

01.08.70

28

9

37

0

Chris Kirkland

Wigan Athletic

02.05.81

0

1

1

0

Wayne Bridge

Chelsea

05.08.80

16

13

29

1

Ashley Cole

Chelsea

20.12.80

63

0

63

0

David Wheater

Middlesbrough

14.02.87

0

0

0

0

Rio Ferdinand

Manchester United

07.11.78

60

6

66

2

Glen Johnson

Portsmouth

23.08.84

2

4

6

0

John Terry

Chelsea

07.12.80

42

1

43

3

Wes Brown

Manchester United

13.10.79

9

7

16

0

Jonathan Woodgate

Tottenham Hotspur

22.01.80

5

1

6

0

Phil Jagielka

Everton

17.08.82

0

0

0

0

Stephen Warnock

Blackburn Rovers

12.12.81

0

0

0

0

Gareth Barry

Aston Villa

23.02.81

10

8

18

0

Frank Lampard

Chelsea

20.06.78

50

10

60

14

Steven Gerrard

Liverpool

30.05.80

63

2

65

12

David Beckham

LA Galaxy

02.05.75

96

4

100

17

Jermaine Jenas

Tottenham Hotspur

18.02.83

4

14

18

1

Owen Hargreaves

Manchester United

20.01.81

16

25

41

0

Joe Cole

Chelsea

08.11.81

30

19

49

7

David Bentley

Blackburn Rovers

27.08.84

1

3

4

0

Tom Huddlestone

Tottenham Hotspur

28.12.86

0

0

0

0

Stewart Downing

Middlesbrough

22.07.84

5

12

17

0

Theo Walcott

Arsenal

16.03.89

0

1

1

0

Ashley Young

Aston Villa

09.07.85

0

2

2

0

Gabriel Agbonlahor

Aston Villa

13.10.86

0

0

0

0

Michael Owen

Newcastle United

14.12.79

77

12

89

40

Wayne Rooney

Manchester United

24.10.85

38

4

42

14

Peter Crouch

Liverpool

30.01.81

14

12

26

14

Jermain Defoe

Portsmouth

07.10.82

7

19

26

3

Dean Ashton

West Ham United

24.11.83

0

0

0

0

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