Our Women’s Under-21s conceded two late goals as they fell to a 3-0 defeat to Crystal Palace in the Professional Game Academy League Division Two on Wednesday afternoon.
After Fran Hamer was twice denied by the woodwork in the first half – striking the crossbar and the post with a header – it was the Eagles who opened the deadlock just after the half-hour mark through Gabs Spillman.
Our young side grew into the game as the second half progressed and had a number of glorious chances to grab the equaliser in a five-minute spell, Cairo and Ruby Gaitley seeing efforts saved by the goalkeeper, but Palace capitalised on those missed opportunities as Taylor Bell and a 30-yard strike from Amy Moynihan wrapped up the win for Palace at Hotspur Way.
Nick Hardy made four changes to his starting XI from last week’s defeat to Chelsea, including handing 16-year-old goalkeeper Sophie Jackson her Under-21s debut, while he also named Under-16s player Cairo Antone-Eva among the substitutes.
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