Eight different players scored as England Women’s U19s racked up a resounding 9-0 win over Kazakhstan in their opening Euro qualifier.
Grace Smith opened the floodgates with her 10th-minute goal before Arsenal pair Taylor Hinds and Anna Filbey quickly made it 3-0, while Ella Toone notched the first of her brace shortly before the break.
Esme Morgan, Lois Joel and Jessie Jones scored a goal apiece in an eight-minute period midway through the second half.
Toone bagged her second on 84 and substitute Rebecca Rayner, on for Joel, completed the scoring in the dying embers.
England (4-3-3): 1 Ellie Roebuck (capt; Manchester City); 2 Flo Allen (Bristol City), 5 Grace Smith (University of West Virginia), 15 Esme Morgan (Manchester City), 3 Taylor Hinds (Arsenal); 12 Lois Joel (University of West Virginia), 14 Jessie Jones (Yeovil Town), 10 Connie Scofield (Birmingham City); 11 Isabella Sibley (Chelsea), 9 Anna Filbey (Arsenal), 7 Ella Toone (Manchester City).
Substitutes: 13 Emily Ramsey (Liverpool) for Roebuck 63, 19 Paige Sawyer (Yeovil Town) for Filbey 63, 18 Rebecca Rayner (Doncaster Rovers Belles) for Joel 73.
Substitutes not used: 4 Hollie Olding (University of Kentucky), 6 Ellie Fletcher (Liverpool), 8 Laura Hooper (Seattle University), 16 Poppy Pattinson (Manchester City), 17 Lauren Hemp (Bristol City), 20 Jessica Ngunga (Arsenal).
Goals: Smith 10, Hinds 17, Filbey 23, Toone 38, 84, Morgan 60, Joel 62, Jones 68, Rayner 86.
Head coach: Lydia Bedford
