{"id":204,"date":"2026-02-24T11:38:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T11:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ipsport.com.ng\/?p=204"},"modified":"2026-02-24T11:38:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T11:38:05","slug":"international-call-ups-february-and-march-international-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsport.com.ng\/?p=204","title":{"rendered":"International call-ups: February and March | International | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>24 members of our women\u2019s team have been called up to represent their nations across the upcoming international break.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alessia Russo, Chloe Kelly, Lotte Wubben-Moy, Taylor Hinds <\/strong>and <strong>Leah Williamson <\/strong>are all in the Lionesses squad for England\u2019s FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup qualifiers against Ukraine and Iceland.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Katie McCabe <\/strong>will go up against France with Republic of Ireland, and will go head-to-head with a couple of teammates against Netherlands, who <strong>Victoria Pelova <\/strong>and <strong>Daphne van Domselaar <\/strong>have been called up for.<\/p>\n<p>Also involved in World Cup qualifiers are <strong>Frida Maanum <\/strong>with Norway (against Austria and Germany), <strong>Stina Blackstenius <\/strong>and <strong>Smilla Holmberg <\/strong>with Sweden (against Italy and Serbia), <strong>Mariona Caldentey <\/strong>and <strong>Laia Codina <\/strong>with Spain (against Iceland and Ukraine), and <strong>Barbora Votikova <\/strong>with Czech Republic, who take on Wales and Albania.<\/p>\n<p>Across the pond, <strong>Emily Fox <\/strong>(USA) and <strong>Olivia Smith <\/strong>(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.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s also AFC Asian Women\u2019s Cup action to look forward to in Australia for <strong>Steph Catley, Kyra Cooney-Cross <\/strong>and <strong>Caitlin Foord, <\/strong>who are looking to win the trophy on home soil, initially with group stage games against Philippines, Iran and South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>Five young Gunners are also in the England under-20s squad, with <strong>Laila Harbert, Vivianne Lia, Niamh Peacock <\/strong>and <strong>Cecily Wellesley-Smith <\/strong>all among the Lionesses for friendly games with Spain, Netherlands and Mexico in Costa Blanca as they prepare for the UEFA Women\u2019s U19 European Championship in April.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jessie Gale <\/strong>has been called up to England&#8217;s under-23s for their games against France and Netherlands in a European WU23 competition. <\/p>\n<h3>INTERNATIONAL FIXTURES<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Saturday, February 28 <\/strong><br \/>Spain U20s v England U20s (Harbert, Lia, Peacock, Wellesley-Smith)<br \/>Friendly | Alicante | 11am<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday, March 1 <\/strong><br \/>Australia (Catley, Cooney-Cross, Foord) v Philippines<br \/>Asian Cup | Perth | 9am<strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Canada (Smith) v Colombia<br \/>SheBelieves Cup | Nashville | 7pm<strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>USA (Fox) v Argentina<br \/>SheBelieves Cup | Nashville | 10pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday, March 2<\/strong><br \/>France v England U23s (Gale)<br \/>WU23 European Competition | Clairefontaine | 12pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, March 3 <\/strong><br \/>England U20s (Harbert, Lia, Peacock, Wellesley-Smith) v Netherlands U20s<br \/>Friendly | Alicante | 2pm<strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ukraine v England (Russo, Kelly, Wubben-Moy, Hinds, Williamson)<br \/>World Cup qualifier | Aksu | 5pm<\/p>\n<p>Austria v Norway (Maanum)<br \/>World Cup qualifier | Sudstadt | 5pm<\/p>\n<p>Poland v Netherlands (Pelova, Van Domselaar)<br \/>World Cup qualifier | Gdansk | 5pm<\/p>\n<p>Italy v Sweden (Blackstenius, Holmberg)<br \/>World Cup qualifier | Reggio Calabria | 5.15pm<\/p>\n<p>Czech Republic (Votikova) v Wales<br \/>World Cup qualifier | Uherske Hradiste | 5.30 pm<\/p>\n<p>Spain (Mariona, Codina) v Iceland<br \/>World Cup qualifier | Castellon of the Plain | 6pm<\/p>\n<p>Republic of Ireland (McCabe) v France<br \/>World Cup qualifier | Dublin | 6.30pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday, March 4 <\/strong><br \/>USA (Fox) v Canada (Smith)<br \/>SheBelieves Cup | Ohio | 11.45pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday, March 5 <\/strong><br \/>Iran v Australia (Catley, Cooney-Cross, Foord)<br \/>Asian Cup | Gold Coast | 9am<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday, March 6 <\/strong><br \/>England U20s (Harbert, Lia, Peacock, Wellesley-Smith) v Mexico U20s<br \/>Friendly | Alicante | 11am<\/p>\n<p>England U23s (Gale) v Netherlands<br \/>WU23 European Competition | Shrewsbury | 7pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday, March 7 <\/strong><br \/>England (Russo, Kelly, Wubben-Moy, Hinds, Williamson) v Iceland<br \/>World Cup qualifier | Nottingham | 11.30am<\/p>\n<p>Serbia v Sweden (Blackstenius, Holmberg)<br \/>World Cup qualifier | Stara Pazova | 3 p.m<\/p>\n<p>Norway (Mean) v Germany<br \/>World Cup qualifier | Stavanger | 5pm<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine v Spain (Mariona, Codina)<br \/>World Cup qualifier | Aksu | 5pm<\/p>\n<p>Albania v Czech Republic (Votikova)<br \/>World Cup qualifier | Shkoder | 5pm<\/p>\n<p>Canada (Smith) v Argentina<br \/>SheBelieves Cup | Harrison | 5.30pm<\/p>\n<p>Netherlands (Pelova, Van Domselaar v Republic of Ireland (McCabe)<br \/>World Cup qualifier | Utrecht | 7.45pm<\/p>\n<p>USA (Fox) v Colombia<br \/>SheBelieves Cup | Harrison | 8.30pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday, March 8 <\/strong><br \/>Australia (Catley, Cooney-Cross, Foord) v South Korea<br \/>Asian Cup | Sydney | 9am<\/p>\n<p><em>All times in UK time.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2026 The Arsenal Football Club Limited. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>24 members of our women\u2019s 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 &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipsport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipsport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipsport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipsport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipsport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipsport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipsport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipsport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipsport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipsport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}