Japan's Mana Iwabuchi will not have the chance to appear at a fourth straight Women's World Cup after the veteran forward was a surprise omission from Futoshi Ikeda's 23-player squad for the 2023 tournament announced on Tuesday.Iwabuchi was part of the teams that won the World Cup in 2011 and finished run
Japan's Mana Iwabuchi will not have the chance to appear at a fourth straight Women's World Cup after the veteran forward was a surprise omission from Futoshi Ikeda's 23-player squad for the 2023 tournament announced on Tuesday.
The 30-year-old struggled for form in the 2022-23 Women's Super League campaign and played only five times for Arsenal before spending the second half of the season with rivals Tottenham Hotspur.
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