{"id":97859,"date":"2025-05-13T11:01:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T11:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/97859\/"},"modified":"2025-05-13T11:01:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T11:01:09","slug":"england-womens-squad-named-to-play-portugal-and-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/97859\/","title":{"rendered":"England women&#8217;s squad named to play Portugal and Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;At the same time, it is important that we focus first on what is right in front of us and ending the Nations League campaign in the best possible way. We have reflected upon two different performances against Belgium in April and although there were positives to take, there is more we want and need to improve on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have the possibility of seeing 27-players in our environment and that\u2019s a real positive. It will give us more good information to make important decisions in the near future. Also naming the squad 12 days before the window begins gives all the players clarity as the season ends for some and carries on for others. The hard work continues from the moment we arrive at St. George\u2019s Park on Monday 26 May.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wiegman\u2019s team occupy second place in Group A3 with two wins, a draw and a defeat. They <a href=\"https:\/\/www.englandfootball.com\/england\/womens-senior-team\/fixtures-results\/2024-25\/portugal-v-england-uefa-nations-league-friday-21-february\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opened their campaign in February with a hard fought 1-1 draw against Portugal in the Algarve<\/a>, before giving Lionesses\u2019 fans a memorable evening <a href=\"https:\/\/www.englandfootball.com\/england\/womens-senior-team\/fixtures-results\/2024-25\/england-v-spain-uefa-nations-league-wednesday-26-february-2025-wembley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">defeating the world champions 1-0 at Wembley Stadium courtesy of a Jess Park goal.<br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After this international window, England will play Jamaica at Leicester City on Sunday 29 June before travelling to Switzerland to defend their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.englandfootball.com\/england\/womens-senior-team\/UEFA-Womens-EURO-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UEFA EURO<\/a>\u00a0title. Tickets for the first-ever meeting with the Reggae Girlz are still available via wembleystadium.com\/events.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting with Spain at the RCDE Espanyol Stadium is just four days before Thomas Tuchel\u2019s England men\u2019s senior team go head-to-head with Andorra at the same venue in their European qualifier for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Squad<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Goalkeepers:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.englandfootball.com\/england\/womens-senior-team\/squad\/mary-earps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mary Earps<\/a> (Paris Saint-Germain), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.englandfootball.com\/england\/womens-senior-team\/squad\/Hannah-Hampton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hannah Hampton<\/a>\u00a0(Chelsea), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.englandfootball.com\/england\/womens-senior-team\/squad\/Khiara-Keating\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Khiara Keating<\/a>\u00a0(Manchester City),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.englandfootball.com\/england\/womens-senior-team\/squad\/Anna-Moorhouse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anna Moorhouse<\/a>\u00a0(Orlando Pride)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Defenders:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.englandfootball.com\/england\/womens-senior-team\/squad\/millie-bright\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Millie Bright <\/a>(Chelsea),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.englandfootball.com\/england\/womens-senior-team\/squad\/lucy-bronze\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lucy Bronze<\/a>\u00a0(Chelsea), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.englandfootball.com\/england\/womens-senior-team\/squad\/Jess-Carter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jess Carter<\/a>\u00a0(Gotham FC), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.englandfootball.com\/england\/womens-senior-team\/squad\/niamh-charles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Niamh Charles<\/a>\u00a0(Chelsea), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.englandfootball.com\/england\/womens-senior-team\/squad\/Alex-Greenwood\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alex Greenwood<\/a>\u00a0(Manchester City),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.englandfootball.com\/england\/womens-senior-team\/squad\/Maya-Le-Tissier\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maya Le Tissier<\/a>\u00a0(Manchester United),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.englandfootball.com\/england\/womens-senior-team\/squad\/Esme-Morgan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Esme Morgan<\/a>\u00a0(Washington Spirit), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.englandfootball.com\/england\/womens-senior-team\/squad\/ella-morris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ella Morris<\/a>\u00a0(Tottenham Hotspur),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.englandfootball.com\/england\/womens-senior-team\/squad\/leah-williamson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leah Williamson<\/a>\u00a0(Arsenal)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Midfielders:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.englandfootball.com\/england\/womens-senior-team\/squad\/Grace-Clinton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grace Clinton<\/a>\u00a0(Manchester United), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.englandfootball.com\/england\/womens-senior-team\/squad\/missy-bo-kearns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Missy-Bo Kearns<\/a>\u00a0(Aston Villa),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.englandfootball.com\/england\/womens-senior-team\/squad\/Fran-Kirby\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fran Kirby<\/a>\u00a0(Brighton &amp; Hove Albion),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.englandfootball.com\/england\/womens-senior-team\/squad\/Jessica-Park\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jess Park<\/a>\u00a0(Manchester City),<a href=\"https:\/\/www.englandfootball.com\/england\/womens-senior-team\/squad\/Georgia-Stanway\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Georgia Stanway<\/a> (Bayern Munich),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.englandfootball.com\/england\/womens-senior-team\/squad\/Ella-Toone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ella Toone<\/a>\u00a0(Manchester United),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.englandfootball.com\/england\/womens-senior-team\/squad\/keira-walsh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Keira Walsh<\/a>\u00a0(Chelsea)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Forwards:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.englandfootball.com\/england\/womens-senior-team\/squad\/michelle-agyemang\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michelle Agyemang (<\/a>Brighton &amp; Hove Albion, loan from Arsenal),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.englandfootball.com\/england\/womens-senior-team\/squad\/aggie-beever-jones\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aggie Beever-Jones<\/a>\u00a0(Chelsea), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.englandfootball.com\/england\/womens-senior-team\/squad\/lauren-hemp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lauren Hemp<\/a>\u00a0(Manchester City),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.englandfootball.com\/england\/womens-senior-team\/squad\/Chloe-Kelly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chloe Kelly<\/a>\u00a0(Arsenal, loan from Manchester City),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.englandfootball.com\/england\/womens-senior-team\/squad\/Beth-Mead\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beth Mead<\/a>\u00a0(Arsenal), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.englandfootball.com\/england\/womens-senior-team\/squad\/nikita-parris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nikita Parris<\/a>\u00a0(Brighton &amp; Hove Albion),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.englandfootball.com\/england\/womens-senior-team\/squad\/alessia-russo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alessia Russo<\/a>\u00a0(Arsenal)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8220;At the same time, it is important that we focus first on what is right in front of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":97860,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[748,393,16517,4884,12,1144,10937,45545,712,104,45544,24414,6574,16,15,45543,1764,12904],"class_list":{"0":"post-97859","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-england-women","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-northern-ireland","14":"tag-players","15":"tag-sarina-wiegman","16":"tag-scotland","17":"tag-spain","18":"tag-squad-named","19":"tag-tickets","20":"tag-uefa-nations-league","21":"tag-uk","22":"tag-united-kingdom","23":"tag-v-portugal","24":"tag-wales","25":"tag-wembley"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114500185797730966","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97859","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=97859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}