24 members of our women’s team have been called up to represent their nations across the upcoming international break.
Alessia Russo, Chloe Kelly, Lotte Wubben-Moy, Taylor Hinds and Leah Williamson are all in the Lionesses squad for England’s FIFA Women’s World Cup qualifiers against Ukraine and Iceland.
Katie McCabe will go up against France with Republic of Ireland, and will go head-to-head with a couple of teammates against Netherlands, who Victoria Pelova and Daphne van Domselaar have been called up for.
Also involved in World Cup qualifiers are Frida Maanum with Norway (against Austria and Germany), Stina Blackstenius and Smilla Holmberg with Sweden (against Italy and Serbia), Mariona Caldentey and Laia Codina with Spain (against Iceland and Ukraine), and Barbora Votikova with Czech Republic, who take on Wales and Albania.
Across the pond, Emily Fox (USA) and Olivia Smith (Canada) are both set to be involved in the SheBelieves Cup in America. Both teams will tackle Colombia and Argentina, as well as each other.
There’s also AFC Asian Women’s Cup action to look forward to in Australia for Steph Catley, Kyra Cooney-Cross and Caitlin Foord, who are looking to win the trophy on home soil, initially with group stage games against Philippines, Iran and South Korea.
Five young Gunners are also in the England under-20s squad, with Laila Harbert, Vivianne Lia, Niamh Peacock and Cecily Wellesley-Smith all among the Lionesses for friendly games with Spain, Netherlands and Mexico in Costa Blanca as they prepare for the UEFA Women’s U19 European Championship in April.
Jessie Gale has been called up to England’s under-23s for their games against France and Netherlands in a European WU23 competition.
INTERNATIONAL FIXTURES
Saturday, February 28
Spain U20s v England U20s (Harbert, Lia, Peacock, Wellesley-Smith)
Friendly | Alicante | 11am
Sunday, March 1
Australia (Catley, Cooney-Cross, Foord) v Philippines
Asian Cup | Perth | 9am
Canada (Smith) v Colombia
SheBelieves Cup | Nashville | 7pm
USA (Fox) v Argentina
SheBelieves Cup | Nashville | 10pm
Monday, March 2
France v England U23s (Gale)
WU23 European Competition | Clairefontaine | 12pm
Tuesday, March 3
England U20s (Harbert, Lia, Peacock, Wellesley-Smith) v Netherlands U20s
Friendly | Alicante | 2pm
Ukraine v England (Russo, Kelly, Wubben-Moy, Hinds, Williamson)
World Cup qualifier | Aksu | 5pm
Austria v Norway (Maanum)
World Cup qualifier | Sudstadt | 5pm
Poland v Netherlands (Pelova, Van Domselaar)
World Cup qualifier | Gdansk | 5pm
Italy v Sweden (Blackstenius, Holmberg)
World Cup qualifier | Reggio Calabria | 5.15pm
Czech Republic (Votikova) v Wales
World Cup qualifier | Uherske Hradiste | 5.30 pm
Spain (Mariona, Codina) v Iceland
World Cup qualifier | Castellon of the Plain | 6pm
Republic of Ireland (McCabe) v France
World Cup qualifier | Dublin | 6.30pm
Wednesday, March 4
USA (Fox) v Canada (Smith)
SheBelieves Cup | Ohio | 11.45pm
Thursday, March 5
Iran v Australia (Catley, Cooney-Cross, Foord)
Asian Cup | Gold Coast | 9am
Friday, March 6
England U20s (Harbert, Lia, Peacock, Wellesley-Smith) v Mexico U20s
Friendly | Alicante | 11am
England U23s (Gale) v Netherlands
WU23 European Competition | Shrewsbury | 7pm
Saturday, March 7
England (Russo, Kelly, Wubben-Moy, Hinds, Williamson) v Iceland
World Cup qualifier | Nottingham | 11.30am
Serbia v Sweden (Blackstenius, Holmberg)
World Cup qualifier | Stara Pazova | 3 p.m
Norway (Mean) v Germany
World Cup qualifier | Stavanger | 5pm
Ukraine v Spain (Mariona, Codina)
World Cup qualifier | Aksu | 5pm
Albania v Czech Republic (Votikova)
World Cup qualifier | Shkoder | 5pm
Canada (Smith) v Argentina
SheBelieves Cup | Harrison | 5.30pm
Netherlands (Pelova, Van Domselaar v Republic of Ireland (McCabe)
World Cup qualifier | Utrecht | 7.45pm
USA (Fox) v Colombia
SheBelieves Cup | Harrison | 8.30pm
Sunday, March 8
Australia (Catley, Cooney-Cross, Foord) v South Korea
Asian Cup | Sydney | 9am
All times in UK time.
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