Report: England WU20s 4-1 Mexico

England women’s under-20s ended their trip to Spain this month with a 4-1 victory over Mexico in Alicante.

John Salomon’s Young Lionesses have been continuing their preparations for the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup in Poland later this year with three games at the Albir Gardens Resort.

After a 3-1 defeat to the hosts Spain in their opening game and then a 1-0 victory over the Netherlands earlier this week, England rounded their fixtures off on Friday with a comprehensive win.

They took the lead shortly before half time when Laila Harbert finished off a fluent team move down the left to give her side a deserved advantage at the break.

And England doubled their lead ten minutes after the restart when Lois Shooter fired an effort off the inside of the post, following a pass from half-time substitute Lola Brown.

Harbert, currently on loan with Everton from Arsenal, then got her second of the game after the hour mark to make it 3-0, before Mexico scored a consolation goal four minutes from time.

England weren’t finished though, and substitute Princess Ademiluyi got on the end of a cross from fellow replacement Lily Murphy to make it 4-1.

England: 1 Eve Annets (Crystal Palace, loan from Manchester City), 2 Nelly Las (Ipswich Town, on loan from Leicester City), 3 Ria Bose (West Ham), 4 May Cruft (Rangers), 5 Lucy Newell (Crystal Palace, on loan from Manchester United), 6 Rachel Maltby (Aston Villa) (c), 7 Jessica Anderson (Manchester United), 8 Laila Harbert (Everton, on loan from Arsenal), 9 Lois Shooter (Chelsea), 10 Chloe Hylton (Carolina Ascent), 11 Vera Jones (Bristol City, on loan from Chelsea)

Substitutes: 12 Lola Brown (Crystal Palace, on loan from Chelsea) for Hylton 46, 19 Sacha Lewis (Manchester City) for Las 60, 20 Niamh Peacock (Arsenal, Academy Development Registration with Portsmouth) for Maltby 70, 14 Princess Ademiluyi (Ipswich Town, loan from Gotham City) for Shooter 70, 18 Ava Baker (Ipswich Town, on loan from Birmingham City) for Jones 70, 17 Lily Murphy (Manchester City) for Anderson 78, 15 Vivienne Lia (Hammarby, on loan from Arsenal) for Bose 78

Substitutes not used: 13 Kaiya Jota (Stanford University), 16 Cecily Wellesley-Smith (FC Rosengård, on loan from Arsenal), 21 Layla Drury (Manchester United), 22 Sophie Jackson (Tottenham Hotspur)

Head coach: John Salomon

Goals: Laila Harbert 44, 63, Lois Shooter 55, Princess Ademiluyi 90