Published 05 October 2022 3 min read
Women's U19
Report: England WU19s 5-0 Slovenia
Emma Coates' Young Lionesses make a winning start to their EURO qualifying campaign
England Women’s under-19s made a winning start to their UEFA Women’s U19 EURO qualifying campaign with a 5-0 win over Slovenia.
Emma Coates’ squad are in Slovakia for their first round of games in the 2022-23 competition, with the target being to reach next summer’s EURO Finals in Belgium.
And the Young Lionesses had a strong start at the Spišská Nová Ves Stadium, with Emma Thompson opening the scoring after two minutes from the penalty spot after she’d been fouled herself.
The striker, currently playing for Lewes on loan from Chelsea, then turned provider four minutes later to set up Freya Godfrey to make it 2-0.
And Thompson assisted again as England made it 3-0 just before the half-hour mark when Olivia McLoughlin scored to give her side a commanding position at the break.
Godfrey scored her second of the game seven minutes after the re-start, when she cut in from the left wing to strike home her side’s fourth of the game.
There was just three minutes remaining when substitute Freya Jupp finished well to complete the scoring by slotting a shot through the legs of onrushing goalkeeper Eva Kocijan.
England will be in action again on Saturday afternoon (4pm BST), when they take on group hosts Slovakia at the national training centre in Poprad.
England: 13 Khiara Keating (Manchester City), 2 Lucy Parry (Hibernian on loan from Liverpool), 3 Katie Dungate (Chelsea), 5 Naomi Layzell (Bristol City), 6 Evie Rabjohn (Aston Villa), 7 Mia Enderby (Sheffield United), 8 Mackenzie Smith (Nottingham Forest – dual contract with Leicester City), 9 Emma Thompson (Lewes on loan from Chelsea), 12 Olivia McLoughlin (Aston Villa), 17 Freya Godfrey (Ipswich Town - dual contract with Arsenal), 20 Shauna Guyatt (Crystal Palace),
Substitutes: 14 Elysia Boddy (Bristol City) for Smith 60, 15 Hannah Silcock (Liverpool) for Rabjohn 60, 16 Keira Barry (Derby County - dual contract with Manchester United) for Godfrey 60, 10 Freya Jupp (De Paul University) for Thompson 72, 19 Jessica Simpson (Burnley - dual contract with Manchester United) for Enderby 72
Substitutes not used: 1 Natalia Negri (Crystal Palace), 4 Grace Palmer (Lewes), 11 Alex Hennessy (West Ham United), 18 Halle Houssein (West Ham United)
Head coach: Emma Coates
Goals: Emma Thompson (pen) 2, Freya Godfrey 6, 52, Olivia McLoughlin 28, Freya Jupp 87
Emma Coates’ squad are in Slovakia for their first round of games in the 2022-23 competition, with the target being to reach next summer’s EURO Finals in Belgium.
And the Young Lionesses had a strong start at the Spišská Nová Ves Stadium, with Emma Thompson opening the scoring after two minutes from the penalty spot after she’d been fouled herself.
The striker, currently playing for Lewes on loan from Chelsea, then turned provider four minutes later to set up Freya Godfrey to make it 2-0.
And Thompson assisted again as England made it 3-0 just before the half-hour mark when Olivia McLoughlin scored to give her side a commanding position at the break.
Godfrey scored her second of the game seven minutes after the re-start, when she cut in from the left wing to strike home her side’s fourth of the game.
There was just three minutes remaining when substitute Freya Jupp finished well to complete the scoring by slotting a shot through the legs of onrushing goalkeeper Eva Kocijan.
England will be in action again on Saturday afternoon (4pm BST), when they take on group hosts Slovakia at the national training centre in Poprad.
England: 13 Khiara Keating (Manchester City), 2 Lucy Parry (Hibernian on loan from Liverpool), 3 Katie Dungate (Chelsea), 5 Naomi Layzell (Bristol City), 6 Evie Rabjohn (Aston Villa), 7 Mia Enderby (Sheffield United), 8 Mackenzie Smith (Nottingham Forest – dual contract with Leicester City), 9 Emma Thompson (Lewes on loan from Chelsea), 12 Olivia McLoughlin (Aston Villa), 17 Freya Godfrey (Ipswich Town - dual contract with Arsenal), 20 Shauna Guyatt (Crystal Palace),
Substitutes: 14 Elysia Boddy (Bristol City) for Smith 60, 15 Hannah Silcock (Liverpool) for Rabjohn 60, 16 Keira Barry (Derby County - dual contract with Manchester United) for Godfrey 60, 10 Freya Jupp (De Paul University) for Thompson 72, 19 Jessica Simpson (Burnley - dual contract with Manchester United) for Enderby 72
Substitutes not used: 1 Natalia Negri (Crystal Palace), 4 Grace Palmer (Lewes), 11 Alex Hennessy (West Ham United), 18 Halle Houssein (West Ham United)
Head coach: Emma Coates
Goals: Emma Thompson (pen) 2, Freya Godfrey 6, 52, Olivia McLoughlin 28, Freya Jupp 87