England v USA: follow the latest from tonight's Wembley friendly

21:59, England 2 USA 0 - FULL TIME

21:54, England 2 USA 0 - Bentley puts in a deep cross for Crouch but his effort is cleared.

21:52, England 2 USA 0 - USA's Edu shoots from 20 yards, but it's a weak effort and David James gathers easily.

21:48, England 2 USA 0 - England sub: A. Cole off, Wayne Bridge on.

21:44, England 2 USA 0 - England sub: Rooney off, Joe Cole on. US sub: Edu on, Clark off. Joe wins his 50th cap.

Decider: Steven Gerrard celebrates after scoring England's second goal

21:41, England 2 USA 0 - YELLOW CARD for Rooney.

21:39, England 2 USA 0 - England playing a lot more expansively now. Good cross by Bentley for Rooney at the near post but the US keeper manages to get a hand on it.

21:33, England 2 USA 0 - England sub: Defoe off, Crouch on. USA subs: Freddie Adu and Eddie Lewis on, DaMarcus Beasley and Josh Wolff off.

21:24, England 2 USA 0 - GOAL FOR ENGLAND: Barry puts through Gerrard who splits the US defence to go one-on-one with Guzan. He scores with ease, putting a low show into the far corner.

Two-up: Steven Gerrard of England scores

21:22, England 1 USA 0 - England subs: Lampard off, Barry on and Brown off, Johnson on. So no changes tactically.

21:18, England 1 USA 0 - Defoe spins off his marker in the US area but only manages to prod his effort right at Guzan after finding himself one-on-one.

Jump to it: Wayne Rooney goes for an overhead effort

21:16, England 1 USA 0 - Bentley flights a cross over to Rooney who's hovering on the USA's 6-yard box and the United hitman makes a spectacular Pele-style scissor-kick but the ball goes clear.

21:10, England 1 USA 0 - England sub: David Beckham off, David Bentley on. USA subs: Tim Howard off, Brad Guzan on and Cherundolo off, Frankie Hejduk on.

20:56, England 1 USA 0 - HALF-TIME

Deadlock broken: John Terry celebrates scoring

20:52, England 1 USA 0 - YELLOW CARD for Steve Cherundolo. Beckham free-kick hits the USA wall.

20:48, England 1 USA 0 - England free-kick on the edge of the USA area. Beckham, Gerrard and Rooney are standing around it. Gerrard takes it but blasts his shot straight at the American wall.

20:46, England 1 USA 0 - GOAL FOR ENGLAND - John Terry guides a header beyond the reach of Howard from 10 yards out from Beckham's inch-perfect 25-yard free-kick.

Heads up: Captain John Terry opens the scoring

20:43, England 0 USA 0 - Best chance of the game so far! Gerrard crosses for Defoe having been put through by Rooney. The Liverpool captain beats Pearce at right back and targets Defoe in the box but the Pompey striker fails to make a good enough contact and the ball loops out.

20:41, England 0 USA 0 - Another free-kick to the USA, this time on England's left, but Beasley's set-piece effort comes to nothing.

20:38, England 0 USA 0 - Heath Pearce is making good ground for the Americans down his left wing but his crosses are failing to put England under too much strain.

High flyer: Jermain Defoe in action with USA's Heath Pearce

20:36, England 0 USA 0 - Beasley takes a free-kick for the USA 30 yards out, but it's delt with easily by England's defence.

20:30, England 0 USA 0 - Rooney races past Bocanegra on the right and crosses for Gerrard in the area but it's just behind him and by the time he gets the ball under control his shot is blocked.

20:26, England 0 USA 0 - Wes Brown finds Steven Gerrard on the left wing with an excellent angled ball from the opposite flank. Gerrard to Beckham, finding space for himself in the middle, but his shot screams over from 20 yards.

20:22, England 0 USA 0 - Defoe looks full of running as he leads England's attack. Wayne Rooney is playing a few yards off him, often looking to find him with a threaded pass.

Midfield tangle: Eddie Johnson battles for the ball with Owen Hargreaves

20:20, England 0 USA 0 - England free-kick on the right, 25-yards out. Beckham to take, but his ball flies past Tim Howard's goal for a goal-kick.

20:18, England 0 USA 0 - Beckham fouled by Michael Bradley as England go on the counter-attack after some pressure by the Americans down their right wing. No card.

20:15, England 0 USA 0 - Free-kick for the USA on their left flank. The cross floats into England's area but is cleared by John Terry.

20:10, England 0 USA 0 - Jermain Defoe tries to get on the end of a David Beckham header but the USA defence cut out the chance.

20:09, England 0 USA 0 - England KICK OFF

Portsmouth's Jermain Defoe was the surprise choice in Fabio Capello's starting line-up to face the United States at Wembley tonight. Defoe has not started since the European Championship qualifying win over  Macedonia in Skopje nearly two years ago, 17 internationals ago.

But the former Tottenham man was preferred to Dean Ashton, who had been heavily tipped to feature in attack alongside Wayne Rooney.

Maestro: England manager Fabio Capello watches his squad train

As expected, Steven Gerrard was selected on the left-hand side of midfield, with Frank Lampard featuring under Capello for the first time after missing the games against Switzerland and France through injury.

Owen Hargreaves was handed a holding role in central midfield, while David Beckham won his 101st cap on his favoured position on the right - received a presentation from Sir Bobby Charlton before the game to mark the occasion.

Manchester United's Wes Brown was selected in his Champions League-winning position of right-back, which also featured John Terry as captain - for the first time since the 3-0 home success over Russia in September.

And there was no place in Capello's starting line-up for Manchester City's Joe Hart, with David James handed the goalkeeping spot.

Fabio Capello lost two players in the build-up to the friendly - Newcastle striker Michael Owen (virus) and Spurs midfielder Jermaine Jenas (ankle).

For the United States, Jonathan Spector will not make the starting line-up as the West Ham defender has been troubled by a hip injury.

ENGLAND TEAM: James; Brown, Ferdinand, Terry, A Cole; Beckham, Hargreaves, Lampard, Gerrard; Defoe, Rooney.

USA: Howard, Onyewu, Cherundolo, Pearce, Bocanegra, Dempsey, Bradley, Clark, Beasley, Johnson, Wolff.

PREVIOUS MEETINGS

2005 USA 1 England 2 Chicago
1994 England 2 USA 0 Wembley
1993 USA 2 England 0 Foxboro
1985 USA 0 England 5 L Angeles
1964 USA 0 England 10 New York

FORM GUIDE

ENGLAND

France (a) L 1-0
Switzerland (h) W2-1
Croatia (h) L 3-2
Austria (a) W 1-0
Russia (a) L 2-1

USA

Poland (a) W 3-0
Mexico (h) D 2-2
Sweden (h) W 2-0
S Africa (a) W 1-0
Switzerland(a) W 1-0

In the frame: Dean Ashton training with England

MATCH FACTS

¿ David Beckham’s Los Angeles Galaxy team-mate Landon Donovan is
set to make his 100th appearance for the USA tonight.

¿ Donovan, who at 26 will be the youngest American to bring up his
century of caps, leads the way in the scoring charts for the USA squad
with 35 international goals. Glasgow Rangers’ DaMarcus Beasley is the
second-most potent hitman with 15 goals.

¿ Sunderland midfielder Kieran Richardson marked his England
debut with a double in the 2-1 win over the USA in Chicago in 2005 —
they are his only senior goals for his country.

¿ Fulham’s Clint Dempsey scored in that defeat for the USA. Other
Fulham players to feature in that loss were Kasey Keller, Carlos Bocanegra
and Brian McBride.

¿ Former Fulham defender Zat Knight also made his debut for England in
the win in Chicago but has only gone on to play for his country on two
other occasions.

Reunited: David Beckham and John Terry during training