Leah Williamson and Lauren James have been named in Sarina Wiegman’s 25-player England squad for his or her upcoming Girls’s World Cup qualifiers.
The pair have returned from harm to be chosen for the fixtures in opposition to Ukraine and Iceland, having not featured for the Lionesses since Euro 2025, whereas goalkeeper Hannah Hampton and defenders Jess Carter and Alex Greenwood are again in after not being a part of November’s experimental squad.
London Metropolis Lionesses defender Poppy Pattinson has earned her first senior call-up, however Wiegman has a bunch of harm points.
Arsenal trio Beth Mead, Katie Reid and Michelle Agyemang, Manchester United midfielder Ella Toone, Chelsea left-back Niamh Charles and Aston Villa’s Missy Bo Kearns are all dominated out.
Aston Villa goalkeeper Ellie Roebuck has been most popular to Khiara Keating, who Wiegman has “big concerns” over her lack of enjoying time at Manchester Metropolis this season and might be a part of the England U23s squad.
England Girls’s squad
Goalkeepers: Hannah Hampton (Chelsea), Anna Moorhouse (Orlando Pleasure), Ellie Roebuck (Aston Villa).
Defenders: Lucy Bronze (Chelsea), Jess Carter (Gotha), Grace Fisk (Liverpool), Alex Greenwood (Man Metropolis), Taylor Hinds (Arsenal), Maya Le Tissier (Man Utd), Esme Morgan (Washington Spirit), Poppy Pattinson (London Metropolis Lionesses), Leah Williamson (Arsenal), Lotte Wubben-Moy (Arsenal).
Midfielders: Laura Blindkilde Brown (Man Metropolis), Grace Clinton (Man Metropolis, Lucia Kendall (Aston Villa), Georgia Stanway (Bayern Munich), Keira Walsh (Chelsea).
Forwards: Aggie Beever-Jones (Chelsea), Freya Godfrey (London Metropolis Lionesses), Lauren Hemp (Man Metropolis), Lauren James (Chelsea), Chloe Kelly (Arsenal), Jess Park (Man Utd), Alessia Russo (Arsenal).
Wiegman: England squad is a puzzle because of accidents
Wiegman has been in a position to recall a few of her most skilled gamers, however admits the squad has been tough to place collectively because of the variety of accidents.
“There’s a little bit of a puzzle at the moment, but at the same time, I think we have enough players in the squad to play good games and to have players on the pitch that are fit and can perform at the highest level,” she mentioned.
“We have this week at their clubs, then they come to us and we have some proper time to get ready for the game on Tuesday [March 3]. We’ll see where we get there, but I’m confident that we get a good team on the pitch.”
Williamson’s return comes after having began simply as soon as within the Girls’s Tremendous League for Arsenal this season, however Wiegman is assured that the centre-back remains to be the most effective gamers to select.
Wiegman mentioned: “I’m very happy and it feels very good for her too. She really wanted to be back, but some more players are coming back next week, so I’m looking forward to that.
“She’s educated and I am in shut contact along with her, I am in shut contact with the membership and she or he’s in place, however sure, she has somewhat little bit of an absence of minutes.
“Some other players are still in the building or didn’t get the minutes we hoped for. That’s also one of the reasons why we go with bigger squads and we do have some time to come together before we get ready for the Ukraine game. I still think those are the best players to call up.”
England Girls’s World Cup qualifiers
March 3: Ukraine (a), Mardan Stadyumu, Turkey – 5pm
March 7: Iceland (h), The Metropolis Floor – 12.30pm
April 14: Spain (h), Wembley – 7pm
April 18: Iceland (a), tbc
June 5: Spain (a), tbc
June 9: Ukraine (h), tbc
