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Newcastle winger makes first start for England in 2-0 win over USA

7 years ago
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A great Monday night for rising Newcastle star Callum Roberts.

United’s 19 year old winger made a first start for his country as England Under 20s defeated the USA 2-0.

Callum Roberts played the full match and Adam Armstrong made a second-half appearance from the bench.

Victory was achieved thanks to goals from Liverpool’s Ovie Ejaria and Chelsea’s Dominic Solanke.

Whilst the usual doubts and nonsense surround the senior team, in the up and coming younger sides there looks to be real promise for England.

In this Under 20s mini-tournament, England also defeated Holland 2-0 with Adam Armstrong scoring one of the goals and Callum Roberts making his first England appearance from the bench, then the Newcastle pair both sat out a 3-1 win over Germany.

At Under 21 level England are also thriving, having qualified for next year’s European Championships with a game to spare, Newcastle’s Freddie Woodman making his first appearance at that level as his clean sheet in a 1-0 away win over Kazakhstan saw England through.

Great to see young Newcastle players progressing and hopefully under Rafa Benitez we will see a more professional approach taken with looking after these potential stars of the future, than may have been the case previously at St James Park.

England 2 USA 0

England Under-20s: 13 Dean Henderson (Grimsby Town, loan from Manchester United); 2 Kyle Walker-Peters (Tottenham Hotspur), 14 Reece Oxford (West Ham United), 12 Jake Clarke-Salter (Bristol Rovers, loan from Chelsea), 16 Callum Connolly (Everton), 18 Ainsley Maitland-Niles (Arsenal) (c), 23 Louis Reed (Sheffield United), 25 Callum Roberts (Newcastle United), 7 Patrick Roberts (Celtic, loan from Manchester City), 11 Harrison Chapman (Sheffield United, loan from Middlesbrough), 10 Dominic Solanke (Chelsea)

Substitutes: 1 Luke Southwood (Reading) for Henderson 46, 3 Jonjoe Kenny (Everton) for Walker-Peters 46, 6 Taylor Moore (Bristol City) for Clarke-Salter 46, 19 Axel Tuanzebe (Manchester United) for Reed 46, 9 Adam Armstrong (Barnsley loan from Newcastle United) for P. Roberts 63, 17 Tafari Moore (FC Utrecht loan from Arsenal) for Connolly 63, 20 Kieran Dowell (Everton) for C.Roberts 63, 21 Ovie Ejaria (Liverpool) for Chapman 76

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