Thursday 7 July 2016 09:20, UK
Josh Windass marked his Rangers debut with the opening goal in their 2-1 friendly victory Charleston Battery in South Carolina.
The summer recruit from Accrington Stanley rifled the ball into the roof of the net in the 57th minute and former Doncaster midfielder Harry Forrester added a second 14 minutes from time.
Ataullah Guerra (81) beat Gers debutant keeper Matt Gilks at his near post to give the home side hope but the visitors held out much to the delight of their small band of travelling fans.
Rangers boss Mark Warburton utilised all his available outfield players in a match which provided an important workout in extremely hot conditions.
Clint Hill, another of Warburton's recent acquisitions, was thrown into the action in the 12th minute after centre half Danny Wilson was forced to leave the pitch with blood streaming from his nose.
Andy Halliday (twice), Oguchi Onyewu and Windass all had good chances to break the deadlock as the Scottish Premiership new boys dominated the opening period but they were forced to settle for a blank scoreline at half time.
After the break Battery substitute Patrick Okonkwo fired over from just inside the box before Martyn Wagorn headed wide of the home goal following fine work by James Tavenrier.
But within minutes Rangers took a deserved lead when Windass met a perfectly-timed Michael O'Halloran cross to give the home keeper no chance with a fiercely-struck left foot shot.
Warburton's men doubled their lead on 76 minutes when Forrester collected a through ball from Barrie McKay before drilling a low shot beyond substitute keeper Alex Tambakis.
Battery sub Guerra reduced the deficit nine minutes from time but Rangers saw the game out with little trouble and almost added a third when Ryan Hardie was denied by a fine stop from Tambakis.
