England v USA
Wednesday, 28 May 2008, Wembley

The USA will travel to London to play England in a friendly at Wembley on 28 May. Both teams will use the fixture as part of their preparations for their respective 2010 World Cup qualifying campaigns.

Both sides have placed an emphasis on playing against tough opposition in a bid to improve their international performances (arguably this is more of a test for the USA than England, but a good deal better than playing Trinidad & Tobago). The USA will be taking on Poland on 26 March 08 and Spain on 4 June 08 as part of their away friendlies in Europe in the next 3 months.

England take on France next week at the Stade de France, and they have also scheduled a friendly with the Czech Republic at Wembley on 20 August 08. The friendly will be the first game for the Czech Republic after June’s European Championship in Austria and Switzerland.

The last meeting between England and USA was played in Chicago in 2005, ending in a 2-1 win for England.

Seeing as England will have just wrapped up their season while the USA will be smack in the middle of their own MLS season, it’ll be interesting to see how much of a role fitness levels and fatigue play in determining the outcome of the game.

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