COLUMBIA, Mo. - Mizzou soccer's Zoe Cross received a call-up to compete with the England Women's Under-19 National Team at the upcoming La Manga Tournament in La Manga, Spain. The Young Lionesses will take on France (Friday, March 3), Netherlands (Sunday, March 5) and Italy (Tuesday, March 7) in the round-robin tournament in Euro qualifying preparations. 

Cross was a member of the Young Lionesses' squad 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. 

The January enrollee who will play in the Tigers' spring season, Cross has 25 caps for England as a member of the U-19 and U-17 national teams. She 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.

La Manga squad:

Goalkeepers: Sandy MacIver (Clemson University), Ellie Roebuck (Manchester City), Sian Rogers (Arsenal).

Defenders: Danielle Brown (Sunderland), Megan Finnigan (Everton), Grace Fisk (Penn State University), Taylor Hinds (Arsenal),  Mayumi Pacheco (Doncaster Rovers Belles), Anna Patten (Arsenal), Sam Tierney (Doncaster Rovers Belles), Lotte Wubben-Moy (Arsenal)

Midfielders: Georgia Allen (East Tennessee State University), Zoe Cross (University of Missouri), Rianna Dean (Arsenal), Chloe Peplow (Birmingham City), Mollie Rouse (Aston Villa), Alessia Russo (Brighton & Hove Albion),  Georgia Stanway (Manchester City).

Forwards: Rinsola Babajide (Watford), Ellie Brazil (Birmingham City), Chloe Kelly (Arsenal), Charlie Wellings (Birmingham City).