England Wins

England were the better team today at Wembley.  The 2-0 win was deserved, and goals from John Terry, and Steven Gerrard got them the win.  Terry received a boost, after missing his penalty in the Champions League final.  Terry headed home Beckham's cross from the right side, beating Carlos Bocanegra to the ball.  Howard made a dive, but the ball was out of his reach.  A nice through ball into a wide open gap of the US defense in the 59th minute sealed the deal, as Gerrard calmly finished by Brad Guzan.  The US enjoyed the last 20 minutes of possession creating 2 good chances.  Eddie Lewis's chip to the back post was tipped away by David James, and the ball would have fallen to Bocanegra at the back post.  Freddy Adu had a long range effort saved by David James, James got down well to save. 

England were clearly the better team, passing fast, and switching the ball effectively from side to side.  The US will go on to Spain for their friendly on June 4th, and England is off to Trinidad & Tobago for their friendly on Sunday.  

US player ratings

 Tim Howard;6 

(Brad Guzan, 46; 5 );

 Steve Cherundolo; 4 

(Frankie Hejduk; 6 46;),

 Oguchi Onyewu; 5 

Carlos Bocanegra; 5 

 Heath Pearce; 6 

Clint Dempsey;6 

Ricardo Clark; 4 

(Maurice Edu; 5 78)

 Michael Bradley; 5 

DaMarcus Beasley; 4 

(Eddie Lewis; 6 68); 

Eddie Johnson; 4 

(Nate Jaqua; NR 89),

 Josh Wolff; 3 

(Freddy Adu; 6 68)