Two uncapped players have been called up for the Football Ferns’ two-match series against Panama next month.<\/p>\n
Midfielder Daisy Brazendale joins after representing New Zealand at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup where she captained the side in all three games at the tournament in Poland.<\/p>\n
Helena Errington, who plays in midfield for club side FH Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur in Iceland, is also called up to the squad after previously playing at U-17 and U-20 level.<\/p>\n
Coach Michael Mayne said as the countdown continued to the FIFA Women’s World Cup next year in Brazil he wanted to ensure he looked at “all of the available options” when it came to putting together a squad.<\/p>\n
“The squad selection for these two matches come at a time where opportunities are there for players to be revisited due to timing of seasons and some players not quite ready for an international window right now,” Mayne said.<\/p>\n
“Exposing the squad to the environment and playing in South America will again be great to see how the players have prepared to perform in the climate we will face in Brazil.<\/p>\n
“After a three-month break in the FIFA calendar, which has allowed us to review and identify our priorities leading into the tournament, matches will come thick and fast from this point on, so we need to make sure we shift the focus towards the priorities that will allow us to be best prepared for the step up in challenge in Brazil.<\/p>\n
“We will go into the next four available windows, ahead of naming our squad for Brazil in May, clear as a group on the direction we will go and how we will be ready to tackle the challenge at the tournament connected, clear, and prepared to execute as a team.”<\/p>\n
The Football Ferns will face Panama over two games, on Sunday 11 October (kickoff 10am) and Wednesday 14 October (1.30pm), with both fixtures set to be played at the Estadio Rommel Fern\u00e1ndez Guti\u00e9rrez in Panama City.<\/p>\n
Football Ferns squad for Panama<\/p>\n
Liz Anton (30 caps\/0 goals) Canberra United, Australia<\/p>\n
Mackenzie Barry (25\/1) Wellington Phoenix, New Zealand<\/p>\n
Hannah Blake (13\/4) Rangers, Scotland<\/p>\n
Daisy Brazendale (debut) Unattached<\/p>\n
Claudia Bunge (44\/2) Melbourne Victory, Australia<\/p>\n
Milly Clegg (25\/4) Wellington Phoenix, New Zealand<\/p>\n
Helena Errington (debut) FH Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, Iceland<\/p>\n
Victoria Esson (34\/0) Wellington Phoenix, New Zealand<\/p>\n
Ally Green (22\/2) FC Copenhagen, Denmark<\/p>\n
Maya Hahn (14\/1) FC Viktoria Berlin, Germany<\/p>\n
Jacqui Hand (41\/9) FC Basel, Switzerland<\/p>\n
Maddie Iro (1\/0) Hills United, Australia<\/p>\n
Grace Jale (41\/9) Wellington Phoenix, New Zealand<\/p>\n
Maggie Jenkins (3\/0) Perth Glory, Australia<\/p>\n
Katie Kitching (30\/9) Sunderland, England<\/p>\n
Charlotte Lancaster (4\/0) Central Coast Mariners, Australia<\/p>\n
Meikayla Moore (77\/4) Calgary Wild, Canada<\/p>\n
Grace Neville (14\/0) Watford, England<\/p>\n
Gabi Rennie (49\/2) Eskilstuna United DFF, Sweden<\/p>\n
Indiah-Paige Riley (37\/5) Wellington Phoenix, New Zealand<\/p>\n
Alina Santos (4\/0) Southampton, England<\/p>\n
Malia Steinmetz (35\/0) FC Nordsj\u00e6lland, Denmark<\/p>\n
Rebekah Stott (114\/4) Melbourne City, Australia<\/p>\n
Kate Taylor (34\/3) Madrid CFF, Spain<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two uncapped players have been called up for the Football Ferns’ two-match series against Panama next month. Midfielder…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":900758,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-900757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=900757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900757\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/900758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=900757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=900757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=900757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}