USA goalkeeper Tim Howard is confident John Terry will bounce back from his Champions League misery - but has told him not to expect an easy return to action.
Terry, who missed the penalty that would have seen Chelsea crowned as European champions a week ago, will put forward his case to be permanent England skipper when he wears the armband in the international at Wembley.
"I didn't think there was anything wrong with John Terry," said Everton stopper Howard. "As he always does, he leaves everything on the field.
"He was distraught that he missed the penalty but that is as far as it goes, I don't think it will have any effect on him for Chelsea or this game.
"He'll pick himself up and probably will be the most ready of any player because that is the type of person he is."
Howard still feels USA are capable of a result against Fabio Capello's men.
"We step on the field expecting to win, we are not a pushover by any stretch of the imagination," said Howard. "We're going to fight them, and give as good as we get.
"It won't be a situation like we are a deer in the headlights. We won't be overawed by the size of the game, we have something to prove as a team and we're up for the challenge."
Victories against Switzerland, Sweden and Poland this season mean a result for USA would not be a shock on the scale of the defeats England suffered in 1950 or 1993.
Such is the importance coach Bob Bradley has put on the fixture, Landon Donovan is not an automatic pick for his 100th cap and a late decision will be made on whether the forward is more effective off the bench.
The message is that England can expect opponents as eager to be in the limelight as Manchester United and Chelsea were in Moscow, rather than an end-of-season friendly where minds are elsewhere.
"We've spent an enormous amount of time just talking about the Champions League final - what kind of game that went on, the battles on the field, the individual performances," Bradley said.
"When you see these types of games you are excited when you have the chance to play on that stage. This is one of those nights."
West Ham full-back Jonathan Spector is not expected to play due to a hip injury.
Meanwhile, US Soccer Federation president Sunil Gulati has suggested that America could rival England's bid to host the 2018 World Cup.
"We have got 50 stadia of 70,000-seater that are capable of hosting the World Cup; we have the largest marketplace in the world and we are determined to finish what we started in 1994," Gulati said.
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