{"id":290620,"date":"2023-09-13T17:34:24","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T17:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=290620"},"modified":"2023-09-13T17:34:24","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T17:34:24","slug":"keira-walsh-omitted-from-lionesses-nations-league-squad-with-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/soccer\/keira-walsh-omitted-from-lionesses-nations-league-squad-with-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Keira Walsh omitted from Lionesses Nations League squad with injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>England midfielder Keira Walsh omitted from Lionesses&#8217; Nations League squad due to injury, as Sarina Wiegman makes five changes from her 24-player World Cup cohort<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Keira Walsh will miss out on the Lionesses opening Nations League matches<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Sarina Wiegman made five changes to her 24-player squad from the World Cup<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>World Cup star Keira Walsh will be unable to take part in England&#8217;s first Nations League campaign, with Sarina Wiegman making five tweaks to her 24-player squad from this summer\u2019s World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>The Barcelona midfielder was a regular starter for the head coach during England\u2019s campaign Down Under, but will miss out on taking part in the Lionesses\u2019 initial opening matches this month after picking up a minor calf injury.<\/p>\n<p>England will open their Nations League campaign against Scotland in their first competitive meeting since 2017, facing off against the Auld Enemy at the Stadium of Light on Friday September 22.<\/p>\n<p>Tottenham\u2019s Bethany England is another player that Wiegman called upon in Australia was has been left on the sidelines, after undergoing hip surgery last week that is set to keep her out for a number of months.<\/p>\n<p>In their stead, Wiegman has promoted Manchester United\u2019s Maya Le Tissier, who was named to the Lionesses\u2019 reserve side ahead of this summer\u2019s competition, and Aston Villa&#8217;s Lucy Staniforth.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/13\/16\/75388755-0-image-a-1_1694618872074.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Keira Walsh (pictured) will miss England&#8217;s opening UEFA Women&#8217;s Nations League matches with an injury\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/13\/16\/75388869-0-image-a-3_1694618985482.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Sarina Wiegman (pictured) announced her team on Wednesday, making five changes from her 24-player World Cup squad, with Walsh not included in that group for the Nations league<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Le Tissier\u2019s omission from the World Cup squad initially raised eyebrows after her blistering season in red for the WSL team, and at the time, Wiegman dubbed the decision to leave her out of the main squad a \u2018difficult one\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>She and Staniforth are joined by Manchester City\u2019s Jess Park, who was also named as a reserve for the Lionesses\u2019 World Cup squad, but withdrew from the camp due to a shoulder injury.<\/p>\n<p>As England prepare for another tilt at silverware, Wiegman has made minimal changes to the squad, with regular starters Alessia Russo, Millie Bright, Lucy Bronze, and Mary Earps amongst those called less than a month after August\u2019s heartbreaking final against Spain.<\/p>\n<p>The Dutch head coach opted against recalling Beth Mead and Fran Kirby, despite both the Arsenal striker and the Chelsea midfielder gradually returning to fitness after being kept out of the World Cup squad due to injury.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/13\/16\/75388975-0-image-a-4_1694619047291.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Maya Le Tissier (pictured) of Manchester United has been recalled to the squad after she was omitted from the team that travelled to play in Australia<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/13\/16\/75389627-0-image-a-5_1694619150424.jpg\" height=\"441\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Aston Villa&#8217;s Lucy Staniforth (pictured) was also included in Wiegman&#8217;s Nations League Squad<\/p>\n<p>Both Mead and Kirby have been under consideration for club action, with Mead named in Arsenal\u2019s Champions League qualifying squad to face Paris FC, and Kirby taking part in Chelsea\u2019s pre-season friendly against Roma.<\/p>\n<p>Wiegman admitted that both players were \u2018close\u2019 to being contention, but that their long spells of the sidelines and lack of match action had played a role in her decision-making.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018They were some of our biggest fans (over the summer)\u2019, Wiegman said of Kirby and Mead. \u2018So that\u2019s really disappointing, because they\u2019re ready to go. They have been out for a long time, and they are probably not fully ready.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018But in their minds, they\u2019re ready to go. It just needs a little patience\u2019.<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12514433\/England-midfielder-Keira-Walsh-omitted-Lionesses-Nations-League-squad-injury.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>England midfielder Keira Walsh omitted from Lionesses&#8217; Nations League squad due to injury, as Sarina Wiegman makes five changes from her 24-player World Cup cohort Keira Walsh will miss out on the Lionesses opening Nations League matches Sarina Wiegman made five changes&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290619,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Keira Walsh omitted from Lionesses Nations League squad with injury - Sports-Life-News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/soccer\/keira-walsh-omitted-from-lionesses-nations-league-squad-with-injury\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Keira Walsh omitted from Lionesses Nations League squad with injury - Sports-Life-News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"England midfielder Keira Walsh omitted from Lionesses&#8217; 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