Ingle defies injury to win Wales call for Euros

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Ceri Holland celebrates with Elise Hughes, Sophie Ingle and Angharad James of Wales

Sophie Ingle has been included successful Wales' 23-player squad for the 2025 Women's European Championship contempt not having played a competitory crippled this season.

The 33-year-old midfielder, who has been released by Chelsea, tore her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) successful a pre-season affable against Feyenoord past September.

But the 141-cap erstwhile Wales skipper has shown capable successful grooming to transportation caput manager Rhian Wilkinson that she merits a spot successful Switzerland.

Angharad James volition skipper a Wales squad that includes Seattle Reign midfield team-mate Jess Fishlock, Wales' grounds cap-holder and goalscorer.

Fellow headdress centurions Hayley Ladd and Rachel Rowe are besides included alongside different veterans Gemma Evans, Kayleigh Barton and Rhiannon Roberts.

Angharad James and Jess Fishlock for Wales

In a squad that Wilkinson revealed from the acme of Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon), Poppy Soper gets the motion arsenic the 3rd goalkeeper down established brace Olivia Clark and Safia Middleton-Patel.

In attack, 37-year-old Kayleigh Barton is selected contempt ending her playing vocation astatine Charlton Athletic earlier successful June to instrumentality connected a caput manager relation astatine Saltdean United Women.

Leicester City's Hannah Cain, Elise Hughes of Crystal Palace, Carrie Jones - who plays successful Sweden for IFK Norrköping - and Bristol City's pacey Ffion Morgan are the different guardant options.

Defender Lily Woodham is the 3rd Seattle subordinate successful the squad, portion Charlie Estcourt besides plies her commercialized crossed the Atlantic for DC Power successful the USL Super League (USLS).

Midfielder Alice Griffiths, who spent the 2nd fractional of the play connected indebtedness from Southampton astatine chap Championship broadside Durham, and Newcastle United defender Lois Joel besides get the nod.

Knee injuries person deprived Wilkinson of 3 players, with Mayzee Davies ruled retired of Euro 2025 aft the 18-year-old Manchester City defender ruptured her ACL successful the Nations League decision by Denmark astatine the extremity of May - a effect that saw Wales relegated from League A.

Wales are besides without guardant Megan Wynne, who suffered an ACL injury successful Perth Glory's last crippled of the play successful April.

Gwalia United goalkeeper Laura O'Sullivan-Jones is different ruled retired with an ACL injury, though Wilkinson has said the 33-year-old, capped 59 times, volition question with the squad to assistance their preparations.

Wales, who person qualified for a women's large tourney for the archetypal time, volition look holders England successful Switzerland arsenic good arsenic 2022 Euro semi-finalists France and 2017 champions the Netherlands successful the radical stage.

After a week-long grooming campy successful Portugal, Wales volition get successful Switzerland connected 29 June wherever the squad volition beryllium based Lipperswil and Weinfelden successful the canton of Thurgau.

Wilkinson's broadside volition kick-off their run against the Netherlands successful Lucerne connected 5 July, earlier 2 games successful St Gallen - connected 9 July against France earlier rounding disconnected their Group D fixtures against home rivals England connected 13 July.

The 2 top-placed sides successful the radical volition past advancement to the quarter-final stage.

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Wales squad for Euro 2025

Olivia Clark (Leicester City), Safia Middleton-Patel (Manchester United), Poppy Soper (Unattached), Charlie Estcourt (DC Power), Gemma Evans (Liverpool), Josie Green (Crystal Palace), Hayley Ladd (Everton), Esther Morgan (Sheffield United), Ella Powell (Bristol City), Rhiannon Roberts (Unattached), Lily Woodham (Seattle Reign), Jess Fishlock (Seattle Reign), Alice Griffiths (Unattached), Ceri Holland (Liverpool), Sophie Ingle (Unattached), Angharad James (Seattle Reign), Lois Joel (Newcastle United), Rachel Rowe (Southampton), Kayleigh Barton (Unattached), Hannah Cain (Leicester City), Elise Hughes (Crystal Palace), Carrie Jones (IFK Norrköping), Ffion Morgan (Bristol City).