EFC Brief

Jordan Pickford is the headline here, the lone current Evertonian on show and England's undisputed number one since 2017. Behind him stands a defensive line thick with Goodison interest: Marc Guéhi and Ezri Konsa both carry EFC links, as does the emerging Nico O'Reilly, giving this England backbone a distinctly Toffee-tinted feel from our vantage point. It didn't go to plan, though. England came away on the wrong end of this one, a result that does little for Pickford's clean-sheet ledger and hands Panama — themselves carrying EFC-linked pair Carlos Harvey and Amir Murillo — a memorable scalp. Further forward, Elliot Anderson, Morgan Rogers and Marcus Rashford added more names for Everton supporters to track, a reminder of just how widely the club's recruitment radar has swept. Plenty of blue threads in this contest, then, even if the scoreline left England's followers — and our Pickford watch — frustrated.