England have named their squad for the first-ever UEFA Women’s Nations League fixtures later this month.
England host Scotland on September 22 in Sunderland before travelling to face the Netherlands in Utrecht on September 26.
Sarina Wiegman has kept faith with the majority of the squad who reached the final of the Women’s World Cup last month with Keira Walsh and Bethany England the only omissions through injury.
Lucy Staniforth and Maya Le Tissier, who travelled with the group to Australia and New Zealand, and Jess Park, who withdrew from the tournament stand-by list with injury, are also included.
Wiegman said: “By the time we play our first game, it will be little more than a month since the World Cup final. We have had little time to reflect on all we have achieved so far this year.
“Instead, we will have to make sure the players are fresh enough and ready to perform straight away, if we want to go far in another competition.
“We will play a derby match against Scotland and they have shown good development recently and are getting stronger and stronger, while we know all about the Netherlands of course and the very talented players they have.”
The Nations League campaign will see England play against the Netherlands and Scotland as well as Belgium in one of four…
