Republic of Ireland Women 0-2 England Women Scorers: James 12, Greenwood 18
The England captain, Leah Williamson, had joked that the best way to stop her Arsenal teammate, Katie McCabe, would be to make sure she didn’t get the ball, but starving Ireland of possession was exactly what the Lionesses did on the way to a 2-0 win to kickstart their Euro 2025 qualifying campaign.
That dominance yielded first-half goals from the electric Lauren James and a cool penalty from Alex Greenwood that would prove enough.
