England Lionesses manager, Phil Neville has announced his 23 woman squad for this summer’s FIFA World Cup in France, which commences on June 7th.
12 players who featured at the 2015 tournament in Canada have been called up for next month’s tournament, including Steph Houghton MBE who is playing in her third World Cup and second as captain of the team.
Demi Stokes, Georgia Stanway and Beth Mead are amongst 11 Lionesses who will be making their World Cup debuts this summer.
In an unusual move, the squad selection was trickled out throughout the morning through various announcements by famous stars from the Duke of Cambridge to actress, Emma Watson to various football stars including; Jordan Pickford, Alex Scott MBE and Kelly Smith MBE
England will now play two friendlies against Denmark and New Zealand later this month before heading for the World Cup, where they face Scotland in their opening Group D match on June 9, with games against Argentina and Japan to then follow on 14th then 19th .
England Squad in full:
Goalkeepers: Karen Bardsley (Manchester City), Carly Telford (Chelsea), Mary Earps (Wolfsburg)
Defenders: Lucy Bronze (Lyon), Rachel Daly (Houston Dash), Alex Greenwood (Manchester United), Abbie McManus (Manchester City), Demi Stokes (Manchester City), Millie Bright (Chelsea), Steph Houghton (Manchester City), Leah Williamson (Arsenal)
Midfield: Karen Carney (Chelsea), Jill Scott (Manchester City), Lucy Staniforth (Birmingham City), Georgia Stanway (Manchester City), Keira Walsh (Manchester City), Jade Moore (Reading)
Forward: Toni Duggan (Barcelona), Fran Kirby (Chelsea), Beth Mead (Arsenal), Nikita Parris (Manchester City), Jodie Taylor (Reign FC), Ellen White (Birmingham City)
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