Trio earn England call

Robert Green, Matthew Upson and Carlton Cole have all been called up by England for the friendly against the Netherlands on Wednesday.

The trio were watched by Fabio Capello in Saturday afternoon's 1-0 defeat by SSC Napoli. They will link up with the rest of the squad on Sunday evening ahead of the match in Amsterdam. Green will hope to win his fifth cap, having been first choice for the two FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Kazakhstan and Andorra at the end of last season. Upson has 15 caps to his name, while Cole has made two appearances.

They join Wales trio James Collins, Danny Gabbidon and Jack Collison, United States defender Jonathan Spector and England Under-21 duo James Tomkins and Junior Stanislas in being away from Chadwell Heath this coming week. The Netherlands fixture will be followed by another friendly against Slovenia on Saturday 5 September before the World Cup tie against Croatia at Wembley four days later.

England squad
Goalkeepers: Foster, Green, Robinson
Defenders: Upson, Terry, Ferdinand, Lescott, Johnson, Bridge, A Cole
Midfielders: Barry, Beckham, Carrick, Gerrard, Lampard, Milner, Walcott, Wright-Phillips, Young
Forwards: Cole, Heskey, Defoe, Rooney