England ladies’s under-17s sealed first place in Group A3 in Spherical 1 of EURO 2025 qualifying regardless of conceding a late equaliser in a 2-2 draw with the Netherlands at St George’s Park.
Jessica Anderson broke the impasse within the first half and an personal objective doubled the lead simply earlier than the break, earlier than a Rochelity Dap brace secured some extent for the guests within the second interval.
The Dutch had the primary effort of the sport, forcing Silvana Marshall Miranda right into a save but it surely did not take lengthy for England to hit the entrance.
Jessica Anderson continued her effective type in entrance of objective, including to her hat-trick towards Faroe Islands final Monday and strike versus Czechia on Thursday with one other objective to open the scoring.
John Salomon’s aspect pushed for a second and Lois Shooter compelled a save after 28 minutes earlier than the hosts did improve their benefit simply earlier than half-time. Anderson was concerned once more, incomes an help for an personal objective by midfielder Maud Koster.
Netherlands hit again simply after the hour mark, Rochelity Dap scoring to chop the deficit and each side continued to go shut in an entertaining half.
It was the Dutch who did finally rating the sport’s fourth objective to earn a draw, although, with Dap notching once more in added time.
Having topped their group, the Younger Lionesses will now progress to the subsequent stage of qualifying for subsequent 12 months’s event.
England: 1 Silvana Marshall Miranda (Brighton & Hove Albion), 5 Eva Hendle (Chelsea), 6 Jessica Anderson (Manchester United), 8 Isabella Cowley (Chelsea), 10 Eva Forster (North Carolina Braveness), 12 Might Cruft (Rangers), 15 Evie McCaffrey (Manchester Metropolis), 16 Lois Shooter (Chelsea), 18 Chloe Sarwie (Chelsea), 19 Lucy Day (Birmingham Metropolis), 20 Elise Christian (Chelsea)
Substitutes: 3 Isabel Hebard (Bristol Metropolis) for Anderson 72′, 7 Freya Hirons (Aston Villa) for Shooter 81′, 17 Gabriella Storey (Chelsea) for Forster 90+4′, 9 Aaliyah Pearson (Manchester United) for Hendle 90+4′
Substitutes not used: 2 Jhanaie Dezire-Pierre (Tottenham Hotspur), 4 Mia Balmer (Brighton & Hove Albion), 11 Taylor Warren (Chelsea), 13 Chiemela-Juj Ude (Arsenal), 14 Holly Minshull (Manchester United)
Objectives: Anderson (15), Koster O.G. (45+2)
Supervisor: John Salomon