Sophie Jackson has received a call-up to the England Women’s Under-19 squad for the very first time ahead of their UEFA European Under-19 Qualifiers this month.
It has been a memorable opening few months for the young shot stopper – being part of the Women’s First Team set-up alongside Lize Kop and Eleanor Heeps – and she has now earned her first-ever call-up to this England age group.
Our Academy player, who joined the Under-19s set-up in the summer as a first year, has featured regularly for Sabiha Jamal’s young side so far this campaign, featuring in six Professional Game Academy (PGA) League games.
Sophie, who also captained the Under-16s to the PGA Champions Trophy last term, was named in Lauren Smith’s 21-player Young Lionesses squad on Wednesday afternoon ahead of their fixtures against Estonia, Greece and Austria.
With all matches to be played in Tallinn, Estonia, first up is the hosts Estonia on Wednesday 22 October (6pm UK) before facing Greece three days later (2pm UK). They’ll conclude the qualifiers against Austria on Tuesday 28 October.