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When England welcome the USA to Wembley on Friday night we are in for a treat. It is a great match-up and a great opportunity for England to get a measure of where they are, even if everything doesn’t go to plan against the world champions. They’ll want to win, but draw or lose and there is time, before the World Cup kicks off next summer, to say: “OK, we’ve got time, let’s work on this.”