Robert Green will start for England against the United States tonight, it has just been confirmed.
The West Ham United number one has been selected above the two other candidates - Portsmouth's David James and Man City's Joe Hart - to start in Rustenburg later this evening.West Ham's other representative in the squad - centre half Matthew Upson - starts on the bench, with Tottenham's Ledley King preferred alongside John Terry in the centre of defence.
Meanwhile Jon Spector - the sole Hammer in the USA squad - will also start on the bench; his place going to Hanover's Steve Cherundolo.
The match kicks off at The Royal Bafokeng Stadium at 7:30pm GMT with full live coverage in the UK on ITV.
England starting XI: Green; A Cole, Johnson, Terry, King; Gerrard (c), Lampard, Lennon, Milner; Heskey, Rooney.
USA starting XI: Howard; Cherundolo, DeMerit, Onyewu, Bocanegra; Donovan, Bradley, Clark, Dempsey; Altidore, Findley.
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