{"id":959838,"date":"2026-06-11T08:02:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T00:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ztylezman.com\/?p=959838"},"modified":"2026-06-12T05:48:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T21:48:02","slug":"england-vs-costa-rica-warmup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ztylezman.com\/en\/lifestyle-en-2\/sports-en-2\/england-vs-costa-rica-warmup\/","title":{"rendered":"England vs Costa Rica: 3-0 Win in Final World Cup Warm-up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

England vs Costa Rica ended in a 3-0<\/strong> victory for England in Orlando on Thursday, the Football Association said, a confident finish in the team’s final warm-up before the 2026 World Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"England<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Kickoff was delayed by about one hour because of thunderstorms in the Orlando area, the Football Association said, but the weather did not slow England’s momentum on the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eight minutes into the match, Anthony Gordon supplied a lively run down the wing and set up Declan Rice, who opened the scoring to give England an early lead, the FA match report said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

England vs Costa Rica: Match report<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

After halftime England manager Thomas Tuchel made wholesale substitutions to assess his squad, replacing the entire starting eleven, the FA said. Gordon returned to the pitch and converted a penalty in the 67th minute to make it 2-0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ollie Watkins sealed the win with a late finish in the 86th minute. The match ended 3-0<\/strong>, a scoreline the FA described as a positive sign ahead of the tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bukayo Saka, returning from injury, came on as a substitute and showed encouraging form off the bench, the team said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"England<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Tuchel’s rotations and what it means for the World Cup<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Tuchel’s decision to use every available substitution was framed as an opportunity to test match fitness across his roster, the manager said in a postgame note released by the Football Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That rotation pattern, combined with performances in recent friendlies, informs expectations for England’s opening group match. England vs Costa Rica<\/strong> was, for many players, the final competitive chance to make a case for a World Cup starting role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Projected World Cup starting lineup<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

FIFA’s schedule shows England opens the group stage on June 17 in Dallas against Croatia. Based on Tuchel’s selections in friendlies and the Orlando match-day choices, the expected 4-2-3-1 starting lineup for that game is listed below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Goalkeeper: Jordan Pickford<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defenders: Reece James, John Stones, Marc Gu\u00e9hi, Luke Shaw<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defensive midfield: Declan Rice, Elliot Anderson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Attacking midfield: Bukayo Saka, Jude Bellingham, Anthony Gordon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forward: Harry Kane<\/p>\n\n\n\n

England’s final 26-player squad and the starting XI for June 17 remain subject to official confirmation by the Football Association, the organization said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For now, England leaves Orlando on an upbeat note after the England vs Costa Rica<\/strong> friendly, carrying a clean sheet and three goals into their World Cup preparations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

England vs Costa Rica ended 3-0 in Orlando as Declan Rice, Anthony Gordon and Ollie Watkins scored, a final tune-up before England’s World Cup opener.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":959786,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5066],"tags":[17723,22691,29127,31420,39003,25422,6039,3217],"class_list":["post-959838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports-en-2","tag-17723","tag-england","tag-gordon","tag-ollie","tag-orlando-soccer","tag-rice","tag-saka","tag-tuchel"],"raw_content":"\n

England vs Costa Rica ended in a 3-0<\/strong> victory for England in Orlando on Thursday, the Football Association said, a confident finish in the team's final warm-up before the 2026 World Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"England<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Kickoff was delayed by about one hour because of thunderstorms in the Orlando area, the Football Association said, but the weather did not slow England's momentum on the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eight minutes into the match, Anthony Gordon supplied a lively run down the wing and set up Declan Rice, who opened the scoring to give England an early lead, the FA match report said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

England vs Costa Rica: Match report<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

After halftime England manager Thomas Tuchel made wholesale substitutions to assess his squad, replacing the entire starting eleven, the FA said. Gordon returned to the pitch and converted a penalty in the 67th minute to make it 2-0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ollie Watkins sealed the win with a late finish in the 86th minute. The match ended 3-0<\/strong>, a scoreline the FA described as a positive sign ahead of the tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bukayo Saka, returning from injury, came on as a substitute and showed encouraging form off the bench, the team said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"England<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Tuchel's rotations and what it means for the World Cup<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Tuchel's decision to use every available substitution was framed as an opportunity to test match fitness across his roster, the manager said in a postgame note released by the Football Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That rotation pattern, combined with performances in recent friendlies, informs expectations for England's opening group match. England vs Costa Rica<\/strong> was, for many players, the final competitive chance to make a case for a World Cup starting role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Projected World Cup starting lineup<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

FIFA's schedule shows England opens the group stage on June 17 in Dallas against Croatia. Based on Tuchel's selections in friendlies and the Orlando match-day choices, the expected 4-2-3-1 starting lineup for that game is listed below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Goalkeeper: Jordan Pickford<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defenders: Reece James, John Stones, Marc Gu\u00e9hi, Luke Shaw<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defensive midfield: Declan Rice, Elliot Anderson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Attacking midfield: Bukayo Saka, Jude Bellingham, Anthony Gordon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forward: Harry Kane<\/p>\n\n\n\n

England's final 26-player squad and the starting XI for June 17 remain subject to official confirmation by the Football Association, the organization said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For now, England leaves Orlando on an upbeat note after the England vs Costa Rica<\/strong> friendly, carrying a clean sheet and three goals into their World Cup preparations.<\/p>\n","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ztylezman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ztylezman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ztylezman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ztylezman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ztylezman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=959838"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ztylezman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959838\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":959839,"href":"https:\/\/ztylezman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959838\/revisions\/959839"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ztylezman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/959786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ztylezman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=959838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ztylezman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=959838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ztylezman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=959838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}