With a little over a month left for the commencement of the 2019
FIFA Women’s World Cup (FIFAWWC), France on Thursday evening unveiled the full
list of players that will be competing for the highly coveted trophy on home
soil.
Earlier today, Norway who have been grouped
alongside the hosts France, Nigeria and South Korea also revealed her final
23-woman squad for the tournament taking place in June.
With the events of Thursday, this means the
Super Falcons of Nigeria and South Korea remain the only teams left to announce
their full squad ahead of the global showpiece.
Below are the full list of players selected by
Coach Corinne Deacon saddled with the responsibility of emerging FIFA Women’s
World Cup winners for the first time.
In the same vein holders, United States of America also made known
their 23-woman squad with two time FIFA Player of the Year, Carli Lloyd
perfectly poised for her fourth World Cup appearance with the USA national
team.
Full list of
players include set for the FIFA Women’s World Cup title defence include:
GOALKEEPERS: Adrianna Franch,
Ashlyn Harris, Alyssa Naeher
DEFENDERS: Abby Dahlkemper,
Tierna Davidson, Crystal Dunn, Ali Krieger, Kelley O’Hara, Becky Sauerbrunn,
Emily Sonnett
MIDFIELDERS: Morgan Brian, Julie
Ertz, Lindsey Horan, Rose Lavelle, Allie Long, Samantha Mewis
FORWARDS: Tobin Heath,
Carli Lloyd, Jessica McDonald, Alex Morgan, Christen Press, Mallory Pugh, Megan
Rapinoe
The three time
World Champions will face Thailand, Chile and Sweden in Group F of the 2019
FIFA World Cup as they look to win the title back to back for the first time.
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