Page 12 - Women's Soccer Scene Issue No.28 2021-22

England back for England

England Women's head coach Sarina Wiegman has named a 24–player squad to travel to
North Macedonia and Northern Ireland as the Lionesses return their attention to the
qualification process for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023.
The squad remains largely unchanged from the group who won the first edition of
the four-nation Arnold Clark Cup last month. Chelsea’s Bethany England returns to the
squad in place of team-mate Fran Kirby who is remaining with her club to work on her own
programme. Steph Houghton is still sidelined after undergoing an operation at the end of
February.
England’s April camp will begin with a fixture against North Macedonia on Friday 8
April (7pm BST) at the Toše Proeski Arena in Skopje. Four days later, they face Northern
Ireland at Windsor Park in Belfast on Tuesday 12 April (7.55pm BST). The fixture will be
an intriguing one with England facing the same opponents in the EURO group stage this
summer.
Wiegman said: “I'm really looking forward to getting the group back together and
hope we can continue our progress as we aim to qualify for the World Cup. We will need to
be fully focused as I expect both our opponents to give all they can.
“Every time we play, we want to perform to our best and do what is necessary to get
a good result. That will be no different for these two important fixtures.
“It's also another opportunity for us to learn more about ourselves for the EUROs,
particularly against a team we will play in our final group stage match. For now though we
have to think only about these next games, working hard to improve our style of play and
performing well to get positive results.”
ENGLAND SQUAD v. N.MACEDONIA & N.IRELAND
NAME CLUB CAPS GOALS
Mary EARPS Manchester Utd 15 0
Hannah HAMPTON Aston Villa 1 0
Ellie ROEBUCK Manchester City 8 0
Millie BRIGHT Chelsea 47 5
Lucy BRONZE Manchester City 86 9
Jess CARTER Chelsea 6 1
Niamh CHARLES Chelsea 2 0
Rachel DALY Houston Dash 46 7
Alex GREENWOOD Manchester City 57 5
Demi STOKES Manchester City 65 1
Leah WILLIAMSON Arsenal 27 2
Lotte WUBBEN-MOY Arsenal 7 0
Jordan NOBBS Arsenal 63 8
Jill SCOTT Aston Villa * 155 25
Georgia STANWAY Manchester City 29 4
Keira WALSH Manchester City 37 0
Katie ZELEM Manchester Utd 1 0
Beth ENGLAND Chelsea 15 8
Lauren HEMP Manchester City 17 4
Beth MEAD Arsenal 34 16
Nikita PARRIS Arsenal 60 15
Alessia RUSSO Manchester Utd 4 3
Ella TOONE Manchester Utd 11 6
Ellen WHITE Manchester City 104 49
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