#YoungLionesses 🗞️ | Kerri Welsh has named a 21-player England U17s squad for #WU17Euro 2026 Round 2 qualification.
The Young Lionesses travel to Croatia this week where they will face Türkiye (13 March; 13:00 GMT), Croatia (16 March; 11:00 GMT) + Italy (19 March; 11:00 GMT).
FT | England 2-0 Iceland
⚽️ Bronze
⚽️ Stanway
England make it 2 from 2 to round of their first round of FIFAWWC qualifcation. Should have perhaps been more comfortable. Created 30 opportunities with 11 on target.
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SUB | England make another sub:
⬅️ Stanway
➡️ Kendall
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3 minutes added on here.
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SUB | Iceland make another change:
⬅️ Antonsdóttir
➡️ Ágústsdóttir
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SUB | England make a change:
⬅️ Park
➡️ Blindkilde Brown
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GOOOOALLL ENGLAND! ⚽️
Hemp sends Bronze away down the right.
A beautiful cross and sublime finish from Stanway. Her 8th in her last 5 appearances for England.
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SUB | Iceland make another change:
⬅️ Jonsdóttir
➡️ Zomers
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SUB | England make a change:
⬅️ James
➡️ Kelly
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Russo is played through. Rúnarsdóttir gets down well to parry her shot.
It comes out to James who sends an effort wide.
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SUBS | A double change for Iceland:
⬅️ Vilhjálmsdóttir + Hermannsdóttir
➡️ Jóhannsdóttir + Ásgeirsdóttir
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SAVE! 👐
Superb stop from Hampton.
Jonsdóttir's cross in gets a nick and loops up. Jessen meets it with a good header. Hampton tips it over the bar.
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Superb work from James down the left.
She finds a cross that just eludes the run of Russo at the near post.
Bronze meets it at the far post and volleys over the bar.
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LJ 🤝 LB
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The second half is underway here.
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HT | England 1-0 Iceland
⚽️ Bronze
Just 1 goal in it at the moment but the Lionesses should be 3/4 up. Some beautiful build-up play. Lauren James is having fun on the left. No problems at the back.
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Stanway breaks through the middle and feeds Hemp.
She cuts inside on her left and curls an effort over the bar.
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So close to a second.
Russo's low cut back is intercepted by Viggósdóttir but drops for Hemp who can't direct it on target from close range.
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Hemp's cross forces a diving save from Rúnarsdóttir to put it behind for an England corner.
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Some of this link up play from England is👌
Hemp finds Bronze down the right.
Her cross is just headed behind ahead of Russo.
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GOOOOALL ENGLAND! ⚽️
Stanway with a cute pass into James.
She floats in a cross that Bronze heads past Rúnarsdóttir.
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England win a corner down the left.
The delivery comes to Bronze at the far post who volleys wide.
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POST! ⛔️
Hinds does well to retain the ball and lay it off to James to the left of the box.
Her cross in finds Hemp but she directs her free header off the post.
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Another big chance as Hemp's ball comes into Russo 8 yards out. She can't wrap her foot around the shot and it goes straight at Rúnarsdóttir.
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Hemp inches away from putting England ahead. She just can't stretch far enough to meet Russo's cut back across goal and turn it into the empy net.
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Williamson advanced to just outside the box.
The England captain sends in one of her balls to the far post. James' header goes into the side-netting.
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First real effort on goal as Viggósdóttir hesitates in dealing with a long ball over the top.
Russo gets an angled shot off. Saved.
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Cagey opening few minutes here. Both teams trying to settle into the game.
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Teams are out here in Nottingham and we are ready to go.
Alessia Russo gets us underway.
What do you think? 🤔
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TEAMS 📋 | How England + Iceland line up this afternoon:
Sarina Wiegman makes 3 changes from the win over Ukraine as Bronze, Morgan and James come in.
Þorsteinn Halldórsson names an unchanged line-up for Iceland.
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