Wieke Kaptein was included within the Netherlands 23-player squad for the Women’s World Cup on Friday by coach Andries Jonker with the 17-year-old midfielder turning into the nation’s youngest ever girls’s participant referred to as up for the worldwide event.
Netherlands’ document objective scorer Vivianne Miedema had already introduced in April that she had “no hopes” of taking part in at this yr’s finals in Australia and New Zealand on account of a extreme knee damage sustained in December and was not included within the checklist.
The 2019 World Cup runner-up additionally omitted goalkeeper Barbara Lorsheyd, ahead Fenna Kalma and veteran striker Shanice van de Sanden from the ultimate squad.
It would be the first World Cup for 11 of the squad.
The Dutch begin their marketing campaign versus Portugal on July 23 after which meet world champions the United States earlier than ending towards Vietnam in Group E.
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Daphne van Domselaar, Lize Kop, Jacintha Weimar
Defenders: Kerstin Casparij, Caitlin Dijkstra, Merel van Dongen, Stefanie van der Gragt, Aniek Nouwen, Lynn Wilms, Dominique Janssen
Midfielders: Danielle van de Donk, Damaris Egurrola, Jackie Groenen, Jill Baijings, Sherida Spitse, Victoria Pelova, Wieke Kaptein, Jill Roord
Forwards: Esmee Brugts, Lineth Beerensteyn, Renate Jansen, Lieke Martens, Katja Snoeijs
