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England under-21s to take on U.S. under-23s in friendly in September

England's under-21 team will kick off the new season with a friendly against the United States' Under-23 side at Preston.

Gareth Southgate led England through a poor European Championship this summer, but will remain in his post for the upcoming qualifying campaign for the next tournament in Poland.

England start their qualification campaign against Norway on Sept. 7.

Four days before that they will play against the American under-23 team at Deepdale.

The U.S. will be preparing for the CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship in October.

"It will be a good test for us as this will be a USA team which is a little bit older and wiser and who will be making up their Olympic team for Rio next year," Southgate said.

"They've got a really good programme now and we're trying to play teams from outside of Europe throughout our age groups, so we're expecting a hard game and one which will help us prepare for the trip to Norway a few days later."

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