Five West Ham United women's team players were in action in UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying matches on Friday evening.
Kirsty Smith helped Scotland to a 2-0 victory away in Slovakia as they continued their unbeaten run in League B Group 2.
The defender played 81 minutes of the match at Štadión pod Zoborom, which took place in torrential conditions. However, that did not dampen the Scots, who maintained their place at the summit of Group 2 thanks to two second half goals from Claire Emslie.
Scotland face Serbia in their final group game on Tuesday, knowing a win or draw would see them top the group advance to qualifying play-offs and secure promotion to League A.
Halle Houssein came off the bench late on to make her debut for Türkiye as they were beaten 2-0 by Switzerland in League B Group 1 at the Kocaeli Stadium in İzmit.
The 19-year-old was handed her first cap, entering the field on 82 minutes with her side already two goals down.
Sydney Schertenleib and Ana-Maria Crnogorčević scored the goals that would ultimately inflict defeat on Turkey, who will hope for a better result when they face Hungary on Tuesday. A win would see Türkiye leapfrog Hungary, reach the play-offs and avoid potential relegation.
Elsewhere, Kinga Szemik was in between the posts for Poland for the first time since signing for West Ham United, but she could not help her side to points as they fell to a 3-1 defeat to Austria in League A Group 4.
Goals from Celina Degen, Eileen Campbell and Annabel Schasching put the home side out of reach in Altasch, and Natalia Padilla did little to bring Szemik and her side back into the game on a disappointing night.
Poland will be hoping for better in their final qualifying match against Iceland on Tuesday, but are already guaranteed to be relegated to League B after losing five ties out of five.
Amber Tysiak suffered defeat at the heart of the Belgium defence as they lost 3-0 to Denmark in Stayen Stadium in Sint-Truiden.
After an end-to-end first half, the Danes fired in three goals courtesy of Pernille Harder, Sara Holmgaard and an own goal from Janice Cayman.
Belgium face Spain in their final League A Group 2 match, knowing that qualification for Euro 2025 via the play-offs is now their only option.
In the final match of the evening, Jess Ziu was in action for Republic of Ireland as they narrowly lost 2-1 to England at Carrow Road.
Ziu played the full 90 minutes for her country, who went behind early on when Alessia Russo scored after less than five minutes.
Georgia Stanway scored from the spot just before the hour mark to give the Lionesses a two-goal advantage, but Julie Russell was able to net a consolation goal late on to give the Girls in Green something to celebrate. Jessie Stapleton was an unused substitute in the defeat.
The Republic of Ireland face France in Cork in their final League A Group 4 qualifying match on Tuesday evening, still seeking their first point of the campaign.
