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England to face New Zealand and Costa Rica in Florida ahead of World Cup

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England will play New ⁠Zealand and Costa Rica in Tampa and ‌Orlando in their final ‌preparatory games before ‌this summer's World Cup ‌campaign, the English FA said ‌on Thursday.

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/new-zealand/rLctHkpU/"]New Zealand[/a], playing in their ‌first World Cup since ⁠2010, ‌will play [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/england/j9N9ZNFA/"]England[/a] on June ​6th before Thomas Tuchel's side face [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/costa-rica/C4ePE2kq/"]​Costa Rica[/a], who reached the quarter-finals in 2014, ⁠four ​days later.[/p][p]"[b]Both fixtures will form a key part of England’s preparation ‌camp in South Florida ahead of moving to the squad’s base camp in Kansas City, Missouri, for the duration of the tournament[/b]," the FA said ‌in a statement.[/p][p]England, who ​reached the quarter-finals in ‌the previous edition, begin their Group L campaign against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/croatia/K8aznggo/"]Croatia[/a] on June 17th.[/p][embed guid="334fb501-6f08-4c96-95a5-62b30b21ee47" url="https://x.com/England/status/2042241129656291738" social-type="twitter" /]

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