Ivan Toney scores hat-trick as England beat Sporting Kansas City 5-1 in private World Cup training match
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Adhe Makayasa
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Ivan Toney scored a hat-trick and Morgan Rogers also found the net as Thomas Tuchel's England defeated MLS side Sporting Kansas City 5-1 in a private, behind-closed-doors World Cup training match. The friendly served as valuable tactical integration for squad players who didn't get sufficient minutes in the competitive opener, with Harry Kane noting it was a good test and that Sporting Kansas City held themselves to a high standard despite the scoreline.
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It was a good test. Thanks to Sporting for doing the game. They held themselves to a great standard.
They got a nice free-kick goal themselves. Obviously from a football point of view, we knew it would be a game to score a few goals which we did. But they put a good test in.
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