Page 3 - Women's Soccer Scene Issue No.19 2022-23

England have named a 26-player squad to compete for the Arnold Clark Cup against Korea
Republic, Italy and Belgium this month.
The Lionesses were the inaugural winners of the four-nation competition on home soil last
year, before going on to become UEFA Women’s EURO champions in the summer.
With this year’s fixtures to be played on double header match days in Milton Keynes,
Coventry and Bristol, Sarina Wiegman’s squad will hope for three positive performances to set
them up for the FIFA Women’s World Cup challenge in Australia beginning in July.
The players will report to St George’s Park from Sunday evening and will remain at the
Burton base to prepare for each of the three internationals. In Wiegman’s first selection of 2023,
uncapped goalkeeper Emily Ramsey makes the step up from the WU23 squad, while Laura Coombs
returns to a Lionesses squad for the first time since November 2020.
Captain Leah Williamson is back in the squad after injury forced her out of November’s 4-0
defeat of Japan and 1-1 draw with Norway in Spain, while Jess Park, who scored on her debut in the
first game, is also included again. Beth Mead is among those to miss out after suffering an injury
just before Christmas.
Wiegman said: “The first camp of the year is always important to set the right tone for what
comes next, especially with such a big opportunity in the summer. We are only looking forward now
and we have to stay humble and focused on working hard. We know the fans will be with us again
and we can’t wait to see them at every stadium.
“We had a positive experience with the Arnold Clark Cup last time. We had three tough
matches with different challenges in each one, and we were able to learn a lot from our
performances and work on many details which we are aiming to do again.”
ENGLAND ARNOLD CLARK CUP SQUAD
NAME CLUB CAPS GOALS
Mary EARPS Manchester Utd 29 0
Sandy MacIVER Manchester City 1 0
Emily RAMSEY Everton ** 0 0
Ellie ROEBUCK Manchester City 10 0
Millie BRIGHT Chelsea 64 5
Lucy BRONZE Barcelona 100 11
Jess CARTER Chelsea 12 1
Niamh CHARLES Chelsea 4 0
Rachel DALY Aston Villa 63 11
Alex GREENWOOD Manchester City 71 5
Maya LE TISSIER Manchester Utd 1 0
Leah WILLIAMSON Arsenal 39 2
Lotte WUBBEN-MOY Arsenal 8 0
Laura COOMBS Manchester City 2 0
Fran KIRBY Chelsea 65 17
Georgia STANWAY Bayern Munich 45 13
Ella TOONE Manchester Utd 27 15
Keira WALSH Barcelona 54 0
Katie ZELEM Manchester Utd 5 0
Lauren HEMP Manchester City 32 9
Lauren JAMES Chelsea 5 0
Chloe KELLY Manchester City 20 3
Jessica PARK Everton ** 1 1
Alessia RUSSO Manchester Utd 17 10
Katie ROBINSON Brighton & Hove Albion 1 0
Ebony SALMON Houston Dash 3 0
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