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Young Lionesses to face USA, Brazil and Finland in Nike Tournament

Tuesday 21 Nov 2017
Ellie Roebuck will be flying to Florida in December

England Women’s Under-20s will round off their year by taking part in the Nike International Tournament in Florida.

The Young Lionesses will take on host nation USA on Thursday 7 December (11.30pm GMT), Brazil on Saturday 9 December (10pm GMT) and Finland on Monday 11 December (10pm GMT).

Every match will take place at the Premier Sports Campus in Lakewood Ranch and will be streamed live on www.ussoccer.com and www.youtube.com/ussoccerdotcom.

Seven of England’s 21-player squad helped John Griffiths’s U17 side reach the quarter finals of the 2016 World Cup.

England squad:

Goalkeepers: Ellie Roebuck (Manchester City), Sandy MacIver (Clemson University), Sian Rogers (Aston Villa)

Defenders: Megan Finnigan* (Everton), Grace Fisk (University of South Carolina), Taylor Hinds (Arsenal), Mayumi Pacheco (Doncaster Rovers Belles – on loan from Liverpool), Anna Patten (Florida State University), Lotte Wubben-Moy (University of North Carolina)

Midfielders: Georgia Allen (Syracuse University), Niamh Charles (Liverpool), Zoe Cross (University of Missouri), Mollie Rouse (University of Louisville), Chloe Peplow (Birmingham City), Alessia Russo (University of North Carolina), Georgia Stanway** (Manchester City)

Forwards: Rinsola Babajide (Watford), Ellie Brazil (Fiorentina), Rianna Dean (Millwall Lionesses), Chloe Kelly*** (Everton – on loan from Arsenal), Charlie Wellings (Birmingham City).

* replaced by Lucy Parker (Louisiana State University)
** replaced by Alicia Johnson (Liverpool)
*** replaced by Kess Elmore (University of Connecticut)

By FA Staff