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England head coach Hege Riise has named a 21-player squad for the forthcoming June
international camp.
Riise has opted for a pared-back England squad consisting predominantly of
those England players who have been selected to represent Team GB Football at this
summer's Olympic Games in Tokyo.
The 19 English players whose Olympics selection was confirmed last week will be
further boosted by call-ups for goalkeepers Carly Telford and Hannah Hampton.
Olympique Lyonnais's Nikita Parris will be fully integrated into the majority of
the squad's activities but will be rested from travelling to Bisham Abbey for the training
camp in order to manage her load after a long and demanding season.
The squad will meet up at Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre on Sunday 6th
June. During the six-day training camp there will be a keen focus on managing players'
individual development plans and training loads as well as preparing the Tokyo-bound
players for the physical conditions they will experience in Japan.
Last week's Team GB squad announcement saw players selected on the basis of a
rigorous independent assessment of ability, mentality, physical fitness and versatility;
crucial to successfully managing the demands of a major tournament. The England
cohort will be further challenged against these criteria to ensure they are optimally
prepared in readiness for Team GB Football's Olympic campaign.
England head coach Hege Riise said: "Whilst this is purely an England camp, it
felt sensible to really focus in now on preparations for the Olympics with the English
players who have been selected for Team GB.
"Scotland's Kim Little and Caroline Weir and Wales' Sophie Ingle will potentially
be in action when the two nations meet in this international window. We will watch that
match with great interest as well as
ensuring we keep in regular touch with ENGLAND TRAINING CAMP SQUAD
them before we meet for the first GB Karen BARDSLEY OL Reign *
Football camp on 17th June. Ellie ROEBUCK Manchester City
"Whilst England men begin Sandy MacIVER Everton
their UEFA EURO campaign at St. Carly TELFORD Chelsea
Hannah HAMPTON Birmingham City
George's Park, we are excited to be
Millie BRIGHT Chelsea
basing ourselves at Bisham Abbey and
Lucy BRONZE Manchester City
look forward to making full use of their Rachel DALY Houston Dash
acclimation chambers as part of our Steph HOUGHTON Manchester City
work to prepare players for the hot and Demi STOKES Manchester City
humid conditions we will face in Japan. Leah WILLIAMSON Arsenal
"I also look forward to seeing Lotte WUBBEN-MOY Arsenal
Carly Telford and Hannah Hampton Jill SCOTT Manchester City
Keira WALSH Manchester City
on this camp. They narrowly missed
Niamh CHARLES Chelsea
out on selection for Team GB but they
Lauren HEMP Manchester City
both have a very exciting future with
Fran KIRBY Chelsea
England as we look ahead to the home
Nikita PARRIS Olympique Lyonnais
UEFA Women's EURO next summer Georgia STANWAY Manchester City
and the FIFA Women's World Cup Ellen WHITE Manchester City
beyond that." Ella TOONE Manchester Utd
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