The United States takes on Mexico and England plays Switzerland on Wednesday as teams start getting ready for the Soccer Betting European Championship in June. There are a total of 11 International Friendlies on Wednesday including Spain against France. It will be the first match between the two sides since France knocked Spain out of the 2006 World Cup. Spain is not thought of as a serious contender for Euro 2008 and will not be at full strength on Wednesday.
U.S. coach Bo Bradley has selected Fulham's Clint Dempsey and Carlos Bocanegra, and Derby's Eddie Lewis and Benny Feilhaber to play on Wednesday against Mexico in Houston. Goalkeeper Tim Howard (Everton), defender Oguchi Onyewu (Standard Liege), and midfielders Freddy Adu (Benfica) and Bobby Convey (Reading) will also make the trip to Houston. Landon Donovan is also expected to play. The U.S. played primarily with MLS players in their 2-0 win against Sweden last month. Checkout the Soccer Betting action at SBG Global.
Brazilian-born midfielder Antonio Naelson was picked by Mexico coach Hugo Sanchez and is expected to play on Wednesday. Naelson was born in Sao Paulo but has lived and played in Mexico since 1998. Sanchez also called forward Antonio De Nigris, who plays at Ankaraspor in Turkey to play in the game. Stuttgart midfielder Pavel Pardo was also selected.
Veteran goalkeeper Oswaldo Sanchez will not be on the squad. Other players making the trip will be Rafael Marquez and Giovanni Dos Santos of FC Barcelona, Carlos Vela of Osasuna, Andres Guardado of Deportivo La Coruna and Carlos Salcido of PSV Eindhoven.
David Beckham will not be playing for England on Wednesday against Switzerland. New coach Fabio Capello left Beckham out of his first squad. Capello instead chose Chelsea's Shaun Wright-Phillips and Blackburn's David Bentley. It is possible Beckham could be recalled for friendlies next month. Capello picked from 14 of the 20 Premier League teams.
Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa) joins Wayne Rooney and Michael Owen up front along with Emile Heskey and Peter Crouch. Captain John Terry is injured and will not play. The goalkeepers are Scott Carson, David James and Chris Kirkland.
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