CARRIE Jones and Ceri Holland will help form part of the Welsh squad to take on the USA next month.

Manager Gemma Grainger has announced her 22-player Cymru squad to face the current FIFA Women’s World Cup Champions in California on Sunday 9 July.

The match will be the first time the Cymru women’s team will play outside of Europe, and the first time they will face the four-time world champions.

Newtown raised Manchester United midfielder Carrie Jones and Liverpool's Holland, who qualifies for Wales through her Llanrhaeadr born mother, are included.

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The fixture will be the USA’s sendoff match ahead of this summer’s FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, and it will be Wales' final preparation ahead of the UEFA Women’s Nations League getting underway in September.

Grainger’s side are in League A of the inaugural competition and have been drawn alongside Germany, Denmark, and Iceland.

The match will be shown live on BBC Wales.


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