Capello names Beckham as captain for T&T; friendly

Updated: May 31, 2008, 1:42 PM EST 30 comments

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PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) - David Beckham has been named England captain for Sunday's friendly match against Trinidad and Tobago.

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Netherland 2-0 Wales
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Spain 1-0 United States Recap
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This will be the first time he has captained the team while playing for the Los Angeles Galaxy.

Coach Fabio Capello, who made the announcement on Saturday, has now chosen four different captains for his four games in charge.

Liverpool's Steven Gerrard led England for the 2-1 victory over Switzerland, Manchester United's Rio Ferdinand was captain for the 1-0 loss to France and Chelsea's John Terry had the armband for Wednesday's 2-0 victory over the United States at Wembley, where Beckham played the first half.

Beckham, who has already led his country 57 times, was last England captain at the 2006 World Cup where the team went out in the quarterfinals to Portugal after a penalty shootout.

The match at Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain will be Beckham's 102nd appearance for England.

His international career appeared over on 94 caps when Steve McClaren, who took over after the World Cup from Sven-Goran Eriksson, dropped the star, who was then with Real Madrid. But he returned to form and helped Madrid win the Spanish league title and McClaren changed his mind.

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