Women's World Cup 2023 ⚽️ Who are the players to watch? | Newsround

Footie fans get ready as the biggest tournament in women’s football the FIFA World Cup is about to kick off this year’s edition is being jointly hosted by two countries Australia and New Zealand with an epic month of football taking place on the 20th of July until the 20th of August some of the world’s best players are set to take part but don’t worry if you’re new to the game here’s some of the stars to look out for women’s Super League fans might be familiar with this face Chelsea and Australia Striker Sam Kerr she played a

huge part in helping the London Club win a league and cup double this year she’s also captain of her national side Australia so she’ll be wanting to impress in front of a home crowd the USA are one of the hot favourites to lift the trophy this year not only are they the reigning world champions but they’re also ranked the number one side in the world according to FIFA one of their legendary players is winger Megan Rapinoe at the last Women’s World Cup four years ago Megan was top goal scorer she also took home the Golden

Ball Award which is presented to the best player at each World Cup can she do it again this year the Republic of Ireland have qualified

for a World Cup for the first time in their history captaining the team will be Arsenal’s Katie McCabe now she’s a seriously skilled footballer who can play on the wing or at fullback and she’s also well known for scoring amazing goals too her stunning strike against Manchester City this year was named WSL goal of the season England’s Lionesses won their first major trophy at the Euros last year so can they

now conquer the world several key players have been ruled out due to injury but England have also got a number of promising young stars in their squad including 21 year old striker Lauren James she’s been in excellent form this season and her standout performances at the Arnold Clark Cup which England won saw her pick up player of the tournament right with all this top talents around I think I better get some more last minute practicing ahead of the tournament see you later