Shootout win for Women’s Under-21s after action-packed game against Brighton

Our Women’s Under-21s kicked off the second phase of the Professional Game Academy League with a penalty shootout victory at Brighton on Wednesday afternoon.

It was an action-packed second half against the Seagulls as the game finished 2-2 in normal time and, while both sides will earn a point, we won the shootout 4-2 to earn an extra point in the opening game of our campaign in Division Two, with Ruby Gaitley, who completed her first 90 minutes of the season after coming back from injury, converting the winning spot-kick.

Brighton took the lead in the first half and doubled their advantage minutes after the break, but Nick Hardy’s side halved the deficit just before the hour mark as substitute Eloise Hall found the back of the net before defender Beatrice Cunnison grabbed the equaliser four minutes later.

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