England squad announced for the Cyprus Cup 2015
England Women’s national team head coach Mark Sampson has announced a 23-player squad for the Cyprus Cup.
England are in Group B at the Cyprus Cup 2015 alongside Australia, Netherlands and Finland. Take a look at all the Cyprus Cup groups.
England will travel to Cyprus on 26 February, they will kick-off their tournament campaign against Finland on 4 March in Larnaca. Here are all the Cyprus Cup 2015 fixtures.
England squad for the Cyprus Cup 2015
Goalkeepers:
Karen Bardsley (Manchester City),
Siobhan Chamberlain (Arsenal),
Carly Telford (Notts County)
Defenders:
Laura Bassett (Notts County),
Gemma Bonner (Liverpool),
Alex Greenwood (Notts County),
Steph Houghton (Manchester City),
Claire Rafferty (Chelsea),
Alex Scott (Arsenal),
Demi Stokes (Manchester City),
Amy Turner replaces injured Casey Stoney (Arsenal)
Midfielders:
Karen Carney (Birmingham City),
Katie Chapman (Chelsea),
Jade Moore (Birmingham City),
Jordan Nobbs (Arsenal),
Jo Potter (Birmingham City),
Jill Scott (Manchester City),
Fara Williams (Liverpool)
Forwards:
Eni Aluko (Chelsea),
Jess Clarke (Notts County),
Fran Kirby (Reading),
Lianne Sanderson (Arsenal),
Jodie Taylor (Portland Thorns)
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Amy Turner replaces injured Casey Stoney.
I don’t know what the English Manager thinks about, when he doesn’t include Rosengårds Anita Asante. No offense to the English league, but Asante does play regulary on a higher level, and was/is one of the best midfielders in the Swedish Damallsvenskan. Now she plays as a CB in Rosengård, but still, she must be better than some of the choices the English manger ha selected so far. Damallsvenskan is superiour to the English league, and to not include a starting player in the best team of Sweden is a huge miscalculation.
I am confused about this as well because Anita was called up to the squad to play against USA (http://www.womenssoccerunited.com/mark-sampson-names-england-squad-face-usa/) but then she did not feature… And now she is not in the squad… I must have missed the news of what happened!
For sure Asante should be in the squad, England lack players who attack defenders, they will need to look at that before the WWC