Report: England WU19s 2-0 USA

England women’s under-19s picked up their first win of 2025, after beating USA by 2-0 in Spain on Sunday afternoon.

The Young Lionesses are participating in the Albir Garden Tournament in Alicante, where they lost their opening game against host nation Spain last week.

But Lauren Smith’s team bounced back in style, as first-half goals from Lola Brown and Jessie Gale set them on their way to victory.

Brown opened the scoring in the sixth minute, scoring from the rebound after Gale’s shot was saved.

And Gale doubled the advantage ten minutes later to give England a two-goal advantage at the break.

Both teams utilised their squads in the second half, with England remaining firm and managing the game well to seal a deserved win.

They will now round off their trip to Spain with their final game against the Netherlands on Wednesday morning (11am GMT)

England: 22 Eve Annets (Manchester City), 2 Sophie Harwood (Arsenal), 3 Mari Ward (Bristol City), 5 Lucy Newell (Blackburn Rovers, on loan from Manchester United) (c), 6 Cecily Wellesley-Smith (Arsenal and Oxford United), 11 Lily Murphy (Manchester City), 14 Lauryn Thompson (Indy Eleven), 15 Laila Harbert (Southampton, on loan from Arsenal), 16 Erica Parkinson (Valadares Gaia), 18 Lola Brown (Chelsea), 20 Jessie Gale (Arenal and Watford)

Substitutes: 7 Ava Baker (Birmingham City) for Murphy, 21 Araya Dennis (Southampton, on loan from Tottenham Hotspur) for Ward, 4 Lexi Potter (Crystal Palace, on loan from Chelsea) for Parkinson, 10 Vivienne Lia (Southampton, on loan from Arsenal) for Gale, 19 Rachel Maltby (Aston Villa) for Thompson, 23 Nelly Las (Leicester City) for Harwood, 24 Tara Junaid (Arsenal) for Brown

Substitutes not used: 1 Katie Cox (Chelsea), 9 Maddy Earl (Sheffield United, on loan from Arsenal), 12 Princess Ademiluyi (West Ham), 13 Sophia Poor (London City Lionesses, on loan from Aston Villa), 17 Zara Shaw (Liverpool)

Head coach: Lauren Smith

Goals: Lola Brown 6, Jessie Gale 15