Thursday 12 February 2009

Canada 0-1 Argentina

Wednesday 11th February - Friendly
Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Canada

Argentina scraped an unconvincing win in Canada, with a late goal from Julio Marconi.

The home defence rarely looked troubled, until Marconi's last-minute deflection.

Wednesday 11 February 2009

Sweden 2-0 Norway

Wednesday 11th February - Friendly
Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden

Two headers from John Bengtsson were enough for Sweden to see off their Scandinavian rivals Norway.

England 2-1 USA

Wednesday 11th February - Friendly
T-Mobile Stadium, London

England came back from 1-0 down with two headers from John Macdonald against the USA.

The US took a shock lead after only four minutes after Marcus Holmgren's corner was met by the head of skipper Jimmy-Jack Perry.

England didn't look prepared for the American corner as Baltimore Blues defender Perry was unmarked.

But London United's young centre-back Macdonald responded with two quick headers from set pieces in the second half.

Tuesday 10 February 2009

Italy 2-0 Austria

Tuesday 10th February - Friendly
Giants Stadium, New Jersey, USA

The Milanese brothers - Marco and Nick - scored the goals as Italy beat Austria in front of 60,000 at Giants Stadium.