AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP): WAYNE ROONEY scored his first international goal in a year to help England earn a 1-1 draw at the Netherlands yesterday in an international friendly.

Rooney got behind the Dutch defence in the 37th minute and kicked the ball into the net with his right heel. It was the Manchester United striker's first goal for England since scoring against Argentina in a friendly last November in Geneva.

Steve McClaren said he was pleased to see Rooney back in form for England.

"His performance was back to Wayne Rooney as we know him," McClaren said.

Rafael van der Vaart equalised for the Netherlands in the 86th minute, stabbing the ball in after a long throw from the left.

The draw will do little to take the pressure off McClaren, who has been under fire since his team lost to Croatia and drew with Macedonia in European Championship qualifying.

Disappointed

"We were all disappointed we didn't win the game - we deserved to," McClaren said. "The chances we created, we should have won."

Both teams had chances to win in the last minute - Steven Gerrard's close-range shot was saved by Netherlands goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg, and England goalkeeper Paul Robinson denied Klaas-Jan Huntelaar at the other end.

In Vienna, midfielder Rene Aufhauser notched a hat-trick in Austria's 4-1 victory over Trinidad and Tobago in another friendly, helping coach Josef Hickersberger to his third straight win.

Aufhauser began the rout in the 14th minute when he gave Trinidad keeper Jan-Michael Williams no chance with a left-footed strike.

Trinidad striker Collin Samuel equalised eight minutes later but the World Cup finalists were level for only three minutes as Aufhauser scored again with an intended cross that curled in.

Missing several regulars, including skipper Dwight Yorke, Trinidad were caught out again just before half-time when an unmarked Aufhauser headed home to complete his hat-trick.

Ferdinand Feldhofer hit Austria's fourth 10 minutes from time.

"We knew before the match that Trinidad was within our reach and when we took the lead I was confident we could win," Hickersberger said.