England players tricked into signing Declaration of Independence during World Cup training

One football fan managed to get the England team to sign the Declaration of Independence during a training session.

England have made a magnificent start to their World Cup campaign with a 4-2 win over Croatia, not only winning against the expected toughest opposition in their group but putting on the kind of performance fans will talk about for years.

Two first half goals from Harry Kane, Jude Bellingham's strike just a couple of minutes into the second half and Marcus Rashford's goal a little while before the end has the Three Lions in a jubilant mood.

There's been a lot of fun at this World Cup so far, and with all the teams descending upon the host nations of the US, Canada and Mexico the locals have been enjoying the chance to meet football's best and brightest.

A bunch of Scotland fans who've basically been adopted in Boston have given their new neighbour a lot of fun, FIFA claims a million fans have turned up to watch the first round of games and despite some claims to the contrary the England fans weren't kicked out of a pub and instead tidied up after themselves.

In the long wait before their first group game England had an eventful time in their Kansas City base with their boots and balls stolen, but they managed to get them back and get training in time for fans to come and see them.

Plenty of people brought things for the England team to sign, and one cheeky football fan brought print-outs of the Declaration of Independence.

Player after player scribbled their signature on a TikToker's print-outs, with them saying Harry Kane was 'the big tuna' he wanted to get a signature from.

England's star striker and captain did put his scribble on the page after being asked to 'sign my declaration'.

Some of the players appeared to spot the prank and chuckled along as they put their signature to page on the document the US used to declare it was breaking away from British control.

Obviously it wasn't the real Declaration of Independence, because that's a very historically important document and depending on who you believe it's either been kept in the National Archives Museum in Washington DC or was stolen by Nicolas Cage.

Still, it's all in fun and a sign of the warm welcome the majority of folks who've made the rather pricey journey to the World Cup have received.

It is actually the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence this year, and if the US finish third in their group but manage to qualify and then win their round of 32 game they could theoretically play on 4 July.

However, despite some internet afficionados raving about it there is no chance England and the US could meet on that date as there's no combination of the draw that would make it possible.

After their win in Texas over Croatia, England have returned to their training base in Kansas City, Missouri (one would have assumed it was in Kansas), in preparation for their next game against Ghana on Tuesday (23 June) in Boston.

2026 World Cup results so far

Thursday 18 June

Group L: Ghana vs Panama, 1-0

Group K: Uzbekistan vs Colombia, 1-3

Wednesday, 17 June

Group K: Portugal vs DR Congo, 1-1

Group L: England vs Croatia, 4-2

Group J: Argentina vs Algeria, 3-0

Group J: Austria vs Jordan, 3-1

Tuesday 16 June

Group G: Iran vs New Zealand, 2-2

Group I: France vs Senegal, 3-1

Group I: Iraq vs Norway, 1-4

Monday, 15 June

Group E: Ivory Coast vs Ecuador, 1-0

Group F: Sweden vs Tunisia, 5-1

Sunday, June 14

Group C: Haiti vs Scotland, 0-1

Group D: Australia vs Turkey, 2-0

Group E: Germany vs Curacao, 7-1

Group F: Netherlands vs Japan, 2-2

Saturday, June 13

Group D: USA vs Paraguay, 4-1

Group B: Qatar vs Switzerland, 1-1

Group C: Brazil vs Morocco, 1-1

Friday, 12 June

Group A: South Korea vs Czech Republic, 2-1

Group B: Canada vs Bosnia & Herzegovina, 1-1

Thursday, 11 June

Group A: Mexico vs South Africa, 2-0