Jude Bellingham's American girlfriend was in the stand to cheer on the England star as he started England's World Cup opener against Croatia.

Ashlyn Reece Castro was seen alongside Jude Bellingham's parents, Mark and Denise at the Dallas Stadium in Texas, USA.

They watched on as the Real Madrid star was picked ahead of midfield rival Morgan Rogers to start the first match for the Three Lions.

The American was seen celebrating as Thomas Tuchel's men went 1-0 up through a retaken penalty from captain Harry Kane.

Spirits dropped ten minutes before half-time as Croatia equalised through Como midfielder Martin Baturina.

But Harry Kane was at the double as he fired in a header to put England back in front. 

Ms Castro had two drinks in hand as she carefully walked to her seat, wearing a camouflage skirt and an England top.

She joined Ollie Watkins's influencer wife, Ellie Alderson and Jordan Pickford's wife, Megan, supporting their partners in the stands.

However, away from the pitch, Bellingham and Ms Castro are caught in a bitter family feud after it emerged that her mother is living in a homeless shelter in Los Angeles.

The 61-year-old addressed the midfielder directly in a video to her social media, in which she asked if her daughter was lying to Bellingham.

Who is this Jude Bellingham?' the 61-year-old posted on TikTok, addressing her daughter. 'You disobeyed your mum, lied about her, left her in shelters.'

Addressing the Real Madrid midfielder himself, she added: 'Come on, Jude Bellingham, who are you with my beautiful daughter, who has left her mum in shelters, lying about her? Who are you? Are you lying too?'

She bemoaned her plight in shelters as her daughter travels the world: 'I'm being attacked, bedbugs, cockroaches. People say they feel safer on the street – it's true.'

Ms Castro, 28, has claimed that her mother is schizophrenic and 'been off her medication for over ten years'.

Hitting back, her mum said: 'It's devastating that I have a family and... a daughter that just continues to lie.'

Speaking from the shelter in Los Angeles, she continued with a thinly veiled swipe at Ms Castro's heavy makeup and filtered social media videos, saying: 'I don't get on there trying to be somebody I'm not. This is me, real me, no makeup, plain.'

Former Birmingham City star Bellingham, six years Ms Castro's junior at 22, has been dating her since January last year. She has more than 646,000 followers on Instagram and another 245,000 on TikTok, and shares with them her travels around the world.

She is often in Spain, watching Bellingham play for Real, and has a home in LA.

Bellingham, who made his World Cup debut in Qatar in 2022, has called Ms Castro 'my love'. She has described him as 'the most thoughtful, kind-hearted, hard-working, incredible human I've ever known.'

But her mother has a less favourable view of Bellingham's belle, complaining that her daughter has cut her off, posting on Instagram: 'Not a call or nothing!!!'

Ms Castro rarely speaks publicly about her personal life, but last year was prompted by a tsunami of misinformation to film a lengthy video explaining herself.

Despite rumours she had dated numerous celebrities, including Oscar-winning actor Michael B Jordan, she insisted: 'I've only had three boyfriends over the last eight years.'

She also said that explicit photos under her name on adult website OnlyFans were not her.

Perhaps moved by her mother's plight, Ms Castro hopes to work with the mentally ill, saying last year: 'I've been working on a non-profit organisation to help people struggling with mental illness.'

Ms Young claims to have become a born-again Christian after suffering a shattering divorce and finding herself on the streets. She brands Ms Castro's late father, who ran California medical spas and a car detailing service, as 'a narcissist sociopath'.

In another post, she said: 'I'm praying for my beautiful daughter Ashlyn to wake up and speak the truth about me. They tried to silence me, they tried to lock me in hospitals, and jack me with s**t saying I was crazy. But guess what? God saved me, didn't he, and I'm here speaking the truth.'

Ms Young also insisted that she was a good mother, adding: 'Maybe in time she [Ashlyn] will come to see, I was there, I cared.'