{"id":196914,"date":"2025-06-19T10:37:26","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T10:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/196914\/"},"modified":"2025-06-19T10:37:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T10:37:26","slug":"sophie-ingle-named-in-wales-23-player-squad-for-european-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/196914\/","title":{"rendered":"Sophie Ingle named in Wales\u2019 23-player squad for European Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 33-year-old \u2013 who has won 141 caps and led Wales 83 times from 2015 to 2024 before stepping down from the role \u2013 suffered the injury playing for Chelsea in a pre-season friendly and has been in a race against time to make next month\u2019s Euros in Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p>Ingle left Chelsea at the end of the season after seven years, during which she has made 214 appearances for the Blues, but continued her rehabilitation at the London club.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"525\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"cy\" dir=\"ltr\">For Us. For Them. For Her.<\/p>\n<p>Eich carfan o Gymru yn mynd i <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WEURO2025?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#WEURO2025<\/a>! \ud83c\udff4\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc62\udb40\udc77\udb40\udc6c\udb40\udc73\udb40\udc7f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nh6VGJk7L9\">pic.twitter.com\/nh6VGJk7L9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Wales \ud83c\udff4\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc62\udb40\udc77\udb40\udc6c\udb40\udc73\udb40\udc7f (@Cymru) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cymru\/status\/1935607230776385857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 19, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ingle\u2019s importance to Wales is huge and boss Rhian Wilkinson has said that the midfielder being at the Women\u2019s Super League champions was an advantage for the Dragons.<\/p>\n<p>Wilkinson said: \u201cWhen you have a player at a top club, it means their four-cornered staffing is of a level, and that includes the medical.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor some of my players that might be at smaller clubs with less resources, the FAW might have to step in more to support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this case we very much follow their lead and are comfortable with the training plan that they\u2019ve so expertly put together. Absolutely it\u2019s been an advantage for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2.79604630.jpg\" alt=\"Rhian Wilkinson file photo\" data-title=\"Rhian Wilkinson file photo\" data-copyright-holder=\"PA Wire\" data-copyright-notice=\"PA Wire\/PA Images\" data-credit=\"Martin Rickett\" data-usage-terms=\"FILE PHOTO Use subject to restrictions. Editorial use only, no commercial use without prior consent from rights holder.\"  \/>Wales manager Rhian Wilkinson had put Sophie Ingle\u2019s chances of making the Euros last month at 50-50 (Martin Rickett\/PA)<\/p>\n<p>Last month Wilkinson rated the former Wales captain as \u201c50-50\u201d to play at the Euros, saying she \u201cwanted her back but not at the risk of Sophie Ingle\u2019s knee\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Wilkinson\u2019s 23-strong squad for Wales\u2019 first major tournament includes few surprises.<\/p>\n<p>Defender Rhiannon Roberts is included after injury ruled her out of Nations League action last month, and veteran forward Jess Fishlock is the star name in a squad skippered by her Seattle Reign team-mate Angharad James.<\/p>\n<p>The former Everton and Tottenham midfielder is one of four centurions in the squad, alongside Fishlock, Ingle and Hayley Ladd.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2.71656947.jpg\" alt=\"Wales v Northern Ireland \u2013 Women\u2019s International Friendly \u2013 Cardiff City Stadium\" data-title=\"Wales v Northern Ireland \u2013 Women\u2019s International Friendly \u2013 Cardiff City Stadium\" data-copyright-holder=\"PA Archive\" data-copyright-notice=\"PA Archive\/PA Images\" data-credit=\"Nick Potts\" data-usage-terms=\"Use subject to restrictions. Editorial use only, no commercial use without prior consent from rights holder.\"  \/>Jess Fishlock remains the star player in the Wales squad at the age of 38 (Nick Potts\/PA)<\/p>\n<p>Aston Villa goalkeeper Soffia Kelly, Manchester City defender Mayzee Davies, Bristol City forward Tianna Teisar and Manchester United striker Mared Griffiths miss out after being in the squad for last month\u2019s Nations League games against Denmark and Italy.<\/p>\n<p>The 18-year-old Davies suffered a rupture to her ACL against Denmark and faces a considerable spell on the sidelines.<\/p>\n<p>Wales kick-off their tournament against the Netherlands in Lucerne on July 5.<\/p>\n<p>Their remaining two games are in St Gallen with France on July 9 and against reigning European champions England on July 13.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wales squad:<\/strong> O Clark (Leicester), S Middleton-Patel (Man Utd), P Soper (unattached), C Estcourt (DC Power), G Evans (Liverpool), J Green (C Palace), H Ladd (Everton), E Morgan (Sheff Utd), E Powell (Bristol City), R Roberts (unattached), L Woodham (Seattle Reign), A Griffiths (unattached), J Fishlock (Seattle Reign), C Holland (Liverpool), S Ingle (unattached), A James (Seattle Reign), L Joel (Newcastle), R Rowe (Southampton), K Barton (unattached), H Cain (Leicester), E Hughes (C Palace), C Jones (IFK Norrkoping), F Morgan (Bristol City).<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 33-year-old \u2013 who has won 141 caps and led Wales 83 times from 2015 to 2024 before&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":196915,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5010],"tags":[748,4884,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-196914","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wales","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-great-britain","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114709596987266527","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196914\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}