We think the game would be denigrated if an outfield player was in goal because your keeper became injured.
If he faces Spain the 33-year-old will match Bobby Moore's milestone of 108 caps for an England outfield player.
He was also Wales' most capped outfield player, winning 85 international caps, and managed Sheffield United before becoming Wales boss in December 2010.
The 35-year-old midfielder is England's most capped outfield player and won six Premier League titles and the Champions League crown with Manchester United.
Friedel is the latest in a lineage of great goalkeepers who have played long after the useful life of an outfield player is up.
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Beckham has won 115 caps for England, more than any other outfield player, since making his debut in 1996 and has played in three World Cups.
"To have the World Cup in your own country is the dream of any player, " said the midfielder, who holds the most England caps for an outfield player.
Former Manchester United star Beckham, England's most capped outfield player with 115 appearances, was bidding to become the first England player to feature in four successive World Cup finals.
And Wayne Rooney ensured the win for England with 20 minutes left when he headed in David Beckham's cross as the former captain produced an impressive cameo on his record-breaking 109th appearance for an outfield player.
Beckham, who won a record-equaling 108th cap for an outfield player in the match, is desperate to retain his place ahead of the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa for which England are well-placed to qualify.
Speed is Wales' most capped outfield player, the former Newcastle midfielder making his international debut against Costa Rica in 1990 and picking up 85 caps before retiring in October 2004 at the end of Mark Hughes' reign as manager.
"We have to be professionals and do everything to do our job well, " said defender Branislav Ivanovic, whose 4, 992 minutes on the pitch this season was the most by any outfield player on the squad ahead of Friday's exhibition game in St.
He went for a second, and now ill-fated, loan spell with Milan in a bid to keep his place in Fabio Capello's squad for South Africa, with every indication he would add to his record 115 international caps for an outfield player.
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Overbay, a left-handed player, will be using lefty reliever Boone Logan's outfield glove.
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