Coventry United goalkeeper withdraws from Wales squad with injury

Coventry United goalkeeper Olivia Clark has pulled out of the Wales senior squad through injury.

The 19-year-old stopper was initially called into Jayne Ludlow’s 26-player squad but she will no longer be part of the group after picking up an injury. The youngster was missing from the Coventry United squad as they took on Blackburn Rovers at the Butts Park Arena in the FA Women’s Championship on Sunday in their last match.

The Football Association of Wales (FAW) confirmed the teenager’s withdrawal via a post on their official Twitter account this morning.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 DIWEDDARIAD CARFAN 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Poppy Soper has replaced Olivia Clark who has withdrawn due to injury.#BeFootball | #TogetherStronger pic.twitter.com/3kOu7yz4Ep

— Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (@Cymru) November 24, 2020

Clark was a consistent performer for the Welsh Under-19 side before moving into the senior environment during the last couple of years. The keeper is now a regular in senior boss Ludlow’s squad, although she is still awaiting her debut for The Dragons. The youngster has been an unused substitute for four of Wales’ seven UEFA Women’s EURO 2022 qualifying matches.

Wales take on Belarus in their final UEFA Women’s EURO 2022 qualifier at Rodney Parade in Newport on Tuesday 1 December. Ludlow’s side may need to record a victory to give them a realistic hope of reaching the tournament finals in England in a little over 18 months’ time.

Daniel Pentland

I am the editor and owner of FAWSL Full-Time magazine. I have been reporting on men’s and women’s football at various levels since summer 2015. Some of the events which I have reported from include the 2017 UEFA Women’s European Championship, 2018 FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup, FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019, SSE Women’s FA Cup final, Emirates FA Cup final, UEFA Europa League, English Football League and various international matches.

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