@MizzouSoccer's Cross Set for UEFA European Women's U19 Qualifiers
3/29/2017 8:27:00 PM | Soccer
COLUMBIA, Mo. - Zoe Cross of the Mizzou soccer team will compete at the upcoming UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship elite round as a member of the England Women's Under-19 National Team. The Young Lionesses and Cross, who joined the Tigers as a January enrollee, will play three matches in the final qualifying round of the tournament.
Playing in Group Two of the elite round in Manavgat, Turkey, the English U19 team opens play on Wednesday, April 5 against Turkey. The squad then faces Denmark on Friday, April 7 and the Czech Republic on Monday, April 10. The group winners and the runners-up with the best record against the sides first and third in their pool join the hosts at the finals, scheduled Aug. 8-20 in Northern Ireland.
Cross was on the Young Lionesses' La Manga Tournament squad and part of the team that faced Norway in a pair of matches in January and played all 90 minutes in one of the clashes. She also helped the squad to a friendly win over Northern Ireland in October.
Cross tallied her first international goal against Spain in the UEFA European Women's U-17 Championship and helped the U-19 side to an international tournament victory. She played for Chelsea Ladies FC and helped the U-17 squad to the Gothia B Cup Championship in Sweden
