Report: England MU17s 5-2 USA

England men’s under-17s hit five in their opening game of November camp against the USA with a 5-2 victory in Dubai.

The Young Lions’ opponents struck first, opening the scoring in the first half before adding a second after the break.

However, Liam Bramley’s side halved the deficit with just over an hour played. Brian Madjo made a run down the right channel, pulling the ball back to substitute Floyd Samba whose flick-on set up Mathis Eboue, as Eboue’s first-time effort rippled the net.

It wasn’t long before England were back on level terms. Kyran Thompson added his name to the scoresheet after taking aim from outside the box, curling in an impressive effort to get the Young Lions right back in the contest.

England flipped the script moments later when goalscorer Eboue was brought down inside the area. Madjo stepped up, rippling the net from the penalty spot, with the Young Lions leading in the game for the first time.

Eboue added a fourth with around ten minutes remaining on the clock, racing into the box and picking out the bottom corner to extend England’s lead.

And the Chelsea youngster completed his hat-trick when he made it five in a move which saw Joél Drakes-Thomas twist and turn his way into the box before standing up a cross which found Eboue at the back post to ripple the net.

England: 1 Ben Vickery (Manchester City), 2 Jacob Wain (Manchester City), 3 Liam Balmer (Liverpool), 4 Fraser Widdop (Brighton & Hove Albion), 5 Harley Emsden-James (Manchester United), 6 Oliver Wilkinson (Ipswich Town), 7 Kyran Thompson (Arsenal), 8 Hugo De Lisle (Leicester City), 9 Brian Madjo (Metz), 10 Max Little (Southampton), 11 Mathis Eboue (Chelsea)

Substitutes: 16 Calvin Diakite (Chelsea) for Wilkinson 56’, 20 Jacob Howard (Leeds United) for Balmer 56’, 15 Floyd Samba (Manchester City) for Little 56’, 14 Joél Drakes-Thomas (Crystal Palace) for Thompson 79’, 21 Lyndon Snelgrove (Millwall) for Emsden-James 89’, 19 Teddie Lamb (Manchester City) for De Lisle 89’

Substitutes not used: 12 Oscar Sandiford (Tottenham Hotspur), 13 Roman Dowell (Newcastle United), 17 Jerome Abbey (Wolverhampton Wanderers), 18 Erik Farkas (Liverpool), 22 Tommy Betts (Sheffield United), 23 Aiden Yeguo (Liverpool)

Head coach: Liam Bramley

Goals: Eboue 61’ 81’ 84, Thompson 66’, Madjo 68’