Club Atlas v Newcastle: Team News

By Anthony Marshall - Newcastle United Managing Editor

At Miller Park, Milwaukee

Steve McClaren has named a strong starting line-up for the first match of Newcastle United's pre-season tour of America, against Club Atlas (2am kick-off UK time).

The Magpies' side at Miller Park, in Milwaukee, features six senior internationals, including Dutch goalkeeper Tim Krul, who makes his first appearance of pre-season.

There are also places for fellow Netherlands stars Daryl Janmaat, Vurnon Anita and Siem de Jong, as well as French powerhouse Moussa Sissoko and Senegalese striker Papiss Cisse.

United are expected to line up in a 4-2-3-1 formation against their Mexican opponents, with Krul behind a back four of Janmaat, Mike Williamson, Jamaal Lascelles and Massadio Haidara.

Anita will partner stand-in skipper Jack Colback in the middle of the park, with an attack-minded trio of Sissoko, de Jong and Yoan Gouffran in front of them.

And they will be tasked with supplying the ammunition for Cisse, who netted the only goal in Newcastle's friendly win at Gateshead on Friday.

Club Atlas: Miguel Angel Pinto; Juan Carlos Ivan Pineda, Walter Kannemann, Juan Carlos Valenzuela; Juan Carlos Medina, Jorge Alejandro Zárate, Aldo Leao Ramirez (c); Christian Alejandro Tabó, Eisner Ivan Loboa, Gonzalo Ruben Bergessio, Franco Faustino Arizala

Substitutes: Miguel Angel Fraga, Alan Alfredo Lopez, Martin Barragan, Pablo Jesus Mascarenas, Carlos Alberto Arreola, Juan Pablo Vigon, Luis Nery Caballero, Juan de Dios Hernandez, Luis Fernando Telles, Rodolfo Salinas, Rodrigo Godinez, Felipe Abdiel Baloy

Newcastle United (4-2-3-1): Tim Krul; Daryl Janmaat, Mike Williamson, Jamaal Lascelles, Massadio Haidara; Vurnon Anita, Jack Colback (c); Moussa Sissoko, Siem de Jong, Yoan Gouffran; Papiss Cisse

Substitutes: Karl Darlow, Freddie Woodman, Shane Ferguson, Gael Bigirimana, Gabriel Obertan, Rolando Aarons, Ayoze Perez, Adam Armstrong

Referee: Kevin Terry Jr.