Women’s AFC Asian Cup: Which Women’s Super League teams are most affected?

Twenty-eight players from each club in the Women’s Football League will participate in the Asian Cup, although they all play for either Australia (12) or Japan (16).

Any player whose country reaches the final will miss Rounds 17 and 18 of the WSL season.

The final is also scheduled to be held two days before the first leg of the Women’s Champions League quarter-final between Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United.

Given the strength of both Australia and Japan, it is very likely that the players mentioned below will not be available for their clubs at a crucial stage of the season.

Some have taken proactive steps to counter this, with Manchester City moving in January for American star Sam Coffey to bolster its midfield in the absence of Yui Hasegawa.

“It’s definitely a tough game,” former Scotland and Arsenal defender Jane Beattie told Football Weekly Women’s Football Weekly. He added: “The travel is absolutely crazy, and even when the players come back they will take a few days to recalibrate.

He added: “But this is part of football. The clubs that sign these players know that they will miss them when they are called up, so they have plans ready.”

Australia: Steve Catley, Keira Cooney-Croos, Caitlin Ford (Arsenal), Charles Rhule (Brighton & Hove Albion), Eli Carpenter, Sam Kerr (Chelsea), Claire Wheeler (Everton), Emily van Egmond (Leicester City), Alana Kennedy (London City), Mary Fowler (Manchester City), Claire Hunt (Tottenham Hotspur), Katerina Gorrie (Western). pork).

Japan: Maya Hijikata (Aston Villa), Moeka Minami, Keiko Seki (Brighton & Hove Albion), Honoka Hayashi, Rion Ishikawa, Hikaru Kitagawa (Everton), Fuuka Nagano, Risa Shimizu (Liverpool), Saki Kumagai (London City), Aoba Fujino, Yui Hasegawa, Ayaka Yamashita (Manchester City), Hinata Miyazawa. (Manchester United), Mika Hamano, Toko Koga (Tottenham Hotspur), Riko Uike (West Ham).