Joe Carpenter hopes Saturday's England debut against the United States can take him one step closer to lining up with friend and Sale team-mate Tom Roebuck on the Test stage.

There were 14 penalties taken in England's shootout victory over Sweden - only five of them found the back of the net

Defending champion England staged a remarkable late comeback to beat Sweden in penalties and advance to the semifinals.

Sweden's agonising defeat by England on penalties in coach Peter Gerhardsson's final game in charge had them exit Euro 2025 on Thursday and plunged the team into a period of uncertainty as many others in the set-up also consider their futures.

England then bounced back by defeating the Netherlands 4-0 and Wales 4-1 to get to this stage of the tournament. In the win over the Netherlands, Georgia Stanway, Ella Toone, Lauren Hemp, Alessia Russo, Beth Mead, and Aggie Beever-Jones scored for England, setting up for this thrilling matchup against Sweden.

The former PE teacher of Lioness goalkeeper Hannah Hampton said she always knew the player would one day be England's Number One. A bloody-nosed Hampton kept England's Euro 2025 hopes alive on Thursday when penalty shootout saves saw the nation through to the semi-finals.

Sweden, like France before them, targeted the left side of England’s defence. Wiegman eventually swapped centre-backs Jess Carter and Leah Williamson round, deploying the latter on the left, but by then England were already 2–0 down.