The 18-year-old Rashford scored on his global debut in the 2-1 friendly victory against Australia Friday breaking Tommy Lawton’s 78-year record at the Stadium of Light, BBC reported.
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City forward Jamie Vardy has been included and will travel to France for the competition, which kicks off on June 10.
Hodgson’s final 23-Man England Squad includes three goalkeepers, five forwards, seven defenders and eight midfielders.
“But I must say the players were fantastic, they were unbelievably understanding of the need that I had to make a decision”. But I’ll be supporting the country like I always have!
Drinkwater has had a magnificent season for Leicester, would have been full of confidence after their title win, and I do not think he deserves to be left out.
“Marcus is good on the ball, he’s got good movement, his finishing is very good for a young lad. Bring it home #england”.
Newcastle winger Andros Townsend, who ended last term in a fine run of form, was also axed from Hodgson’s final 23-man party heading to France.
Tottenham’s Eric Dier is the only specialist midfielder anchor, and he could yet be pressed into centre-half duty should injuries strike given Hodgson has opted to take just three central defenders – Chris Smalling, Gary Cahill and John Stones.
The 18-year-old player has had a quick rise, having made his first appearance in the Premiere League for Manchester United only 3 months ago.
Hodgson was keen to see how Jack Wilshere and Jordan Henderson fared on their return from injury, with the midfielders playing a part in both the Turkey and Australia friendlies.
England, who face Portugal on Thursday (Friday NZT) in their last warm-up match before the tournament, are in Group B with Russia, Wales and Slovakia.
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Martin Keown has told the Daily Mail that it would have been a bigger risk for England to leave Daniel Sturridge behind rather than take him to Euro 2016.
