England Women’s World Cup: Sarina Wiegman announces Lionesses squad
Sarina Wiegman has named the 23-player squad that will represent England at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
Millie Bright, Lucy Bronze, Rachel Daly, Mary Earps, Alex Greenwood, Georgia Stanway and Keira Walsh have all been announced.
The players made the cut for the Lionesses squad that reached the World Cup semi-finals in 2019. Wiegman said: “I have huge belief in this squad and we’re very fortunate to be selecting a fantastic group of players to travel to Australia. “We know we will face tough challenges from strong teams, and we will have to be competitive from the first match on 22 July.
We will do everything to be at our very best again this summer. “It is important the players get some well-deserved time to rest and recover over the next few weeks before we start the final preparations to get them ready. “We learned a lot of positive lessons about how to get the players fit, fresh and ready from the EURO last summer and we know what we have to do to make sure we hit the ground running in the right way when the tournament starts.” Niamh Charles, Laura Coombs, Lauren James, Esme Morgan, Katie Robinson and Katie Zelem are making their major tournament debut in style this summer.
