"Ten games, two wins, two draws and six defeats. Twelve goals scored, 23 conceded. Eight debutants, two head coaches and one Nations League A relegation. It has been quite the 12 months since Scotland froze in Finland at the chance to reach Euro 2025 exactly one year ago on 3 December 2024. That devastating defeat and miserable missed opportunity always meant this year was likely to be one of rebuilding and reenergising."
"Which is perhaps why defender Sophie Howard said Scotland "needed" the four friendlies to round off the year. But, in his four-game stint as interim boss, Michael McArdle got the ball rolling, introducing six uncapped players and dropping nine of those who made the hapless trip to Helsinki. The permanent successor to Pedro Martinez Losa, Melissa Andreatta, has bashed on with that baton in hand while picking up the two victories since swapping the east coast of Australia for the west coast of Scotland."
Scotland played ten matches with two wins, two draws and six defeats, scoring 12 and conceding 23, and suffered relegation from Nations League A. The squad saw major turnover with eight debutants and two head coaches in a year. Interim coach Michael McArdle introduced six uncapped players and dropped nine from the Helsinki trip. Melissa Andreatta took over permanently and secured two wins after relocating from Australia. New caps included Emma Lawton, Eilidh Adams, Freya Gregory, Kathleen McGovern, Mia McAulay, Georgia Brown, Miri Taylor and Maria McAneny. Lawton and McAneny scored debut goals, McGovern scored twice in four games and former England youth players Gregory and Taylor drew attention.
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