The opening of the Women's World Cup is fast approaching, with the England squad preparing to face France in their first fixture on Tuesday.
So, what better time could there be to get to know the team?
Women's World Cup: England Squad
Karen Bardsley(01 of23)
Positon: Goalkeeper
Club: Manchester City
Caps: 43
Age: 30
Fast Fact: Bardsley was born and raised in California but qualifies for the England squad through family connections to Stockport. (credit:Richard Heathcote via Getty Images)
Club: Manchester City
Caps: 43
Age: 30
Fast Fact: Bardsley was born and raised in California but qualifies for the England squad through family connections to Stockport. (credit:Richard Heathcote via Getty Images)
Carly Telford(02 of23)
Position: Goalkeeper
Club: Notts County
Caps: 5
Age: 27
Fast Fact: When she was at Leeds, Telford was named player of the match in the 2008 FA Cup final, even though Leeds lost 4-1 to Arsenal.
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Club: Notts County
Caps: 5
Age: 27
Fast Fact: When she was at Leeds, Telford was named player of the match in the 2008 FA Cup final, even though Leeds lost 4-1 to Arsenal.
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Siobhan Chamberlain(03 of23)
Position: Goalkeeper
Club: Arsenal
Age: 31
Fast Fact: Chamberlain has the same surname as Arsenal men's player Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and the same birthday. (credit:David Price via Getty Images)
Club: Arsenal
Age: 31
Fast Fact: Chamberlain has the same surname as Arsenal men's player Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and the same birthday. (credit:David Price via Getty Images)
Lucy Bronze(04 of23)
Position: Defender
Club: Manchester City
Caps: 16
Age: 23
Fast Fact: Bronze signed from Liverpool in November but missed the first three matches of City's season after undergoing knee surgery. She's said it was a "big relief" to make the squad after the set back. (credit:GEOFF ROBINS via Getty Images)
Club: Manchester City
Caps: 16
Age: 23
Fast Fact: Bronze signed from Liverpool in November but missed the first three matches of City's season after undergoing knee surgery. She's said it was a "big relief" to make the squad after the set back. (credit:GEOFF ROBINS via Getty Images)
Laura Bassett(05 of23)
Position: Defender
Club: Notts County
Caps: 49
Age: 31
Fast Fact: According to the BBC, when she's not playing footie, Bassett tests her teammates knowledge as the squad's quiz master. (credit:Matt Lewis - The FA via Getty Images)
Club: Notts County
Caps: 49
Age: 31
Fast Fact: According to the BBC, when she's not playing footie, Bassett tests her teammates knowledge as the squad's quiz master. (credit:Matt Lewis - The FA via Getty Images)
Alex Scott(06 of23)
Position: Defender
Club: Arsenal
Caps: 123
Age: 30
Fast Fact: Scott discovered her love of music while she was recovering from an injury and now picks the tunes the ladies listen to in the dressing room. (credit:Ben Hoskins - The FA via Getty Images)
Club: Arsenal
Caps: 123
Age: 30
Fast Fact: Scott discovered her love of music while she was recovering from an injury and now picks the tunes the ladies listen to in the dressing room. (credit:Ben Hoskins - The FA via Getty Images)
Alex Greenwood (07 of23)
Position: Defender
Club: Notts County
Caps: 12
Age: 21
Fast Fact: Despite being a Liverpool supporter, Greenwood joined Everton when she was just eight years old. She ended her 13 year association with the team when she joined Notts County last January. (credit:Jon Buckle - The FA via Getty Images)
Club: Notts County
Caps: 12
Age: 21
Fast Fact: Despite being a Liverpool supporter, Greenwood joined Everton when she was just eight years old. She ended her 13 year association with the team when she joined Notts County last January. (credit:Jon Buckle - The FA via Getty Images)
Steph Houghton(08 of23)
Position: Defender
Club: Manchester City
Caps: 53
Age: 27
Fast Fact: Despite playing in defence, Houghton scored in all three of team GB's group matches in the 2012 Olympics. (credit:Tom Szczerbowski via Getty Images)
Club: Manchester City
Caps: 53
Age: 27
Fast Fact: Despite playing in defence, Houghton scored in all three of team GB's group matches in the 2012 Olympics. (credit:Tom Szczerbowski via Getty Images)
Claire Rafferty(09 of23)
Position: Defender
Club: Chelsea
Caps: 9
Age: 26
Fast Fact: When she's not playing football, Rafferty is an analyst at Deutsche Bank. (credit:Tom Szczerbowski via Getty Images)
Club: Chelsea
Caps: 9
Age: 26
Fast Fact: When she's not playing football, Rafferty is an analyst at Deutsche Bank. (credit:Tom Szczerbowski via Getty Images)
Katie Chapman(10 of23)
Position: Midfielder
Club: Chelsea
Caps: 85
Age: 32
Fast Fact: Chapman is one of only two mothers on the England team. She has three children: Harvey, 12, Riley, six and baby Zachary.
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Club: Chelsea
Caps: 85
Age: 32
Fast Fact: Chapman is one of only two mothers on the England team. She has three children: Harvey, 12, Riley, six and baby Zachary.
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Casey Stoney (11 of23)
Position: Defender
Club: Arsenal
Caps: 118
Age: 32
Fast Fact: Alongside training, Stoney and her partner (former Lincoln Ladies player Megan Harris) have been busy caring caring for their six-month-old twins, Teddy and Tilly. (credit:Ben Hoskins - The FA via Getty Images)
Club: Arsenal
Caps: 118
Age: 32
Fast Fact: Alongside training, Stoney and her partner (former Lincoln Ladies player Megan Harris) have been busy caring caring for their six-month-old twins, Teddy and Tilly. (credit:Ben Hoskins - The FA via Getty Images)
Jade Moore(12 of23)
Position: Midfielder
Club: Birmingham City
Caps: 16
Age: 24
Fast Fact: When Moore was 18 she won a Football Association scholarship to train at Loughborough University. Once there, a routine screening revealed she had two holes in her heart but she was soon back playing after corrective surgery. (credit:Clint Hughes - The FA via Getty Images)
Club: Birmingham City
Caps: 16
Age: 24
Fast Fact: When Moore was 18 she won a Football Association scholarship to train at Loughborough University. Once there, a routine screening revealed she had two holes in her heart but she was soon back playing after corrective surgery. (credit:Clint Hughes - The FA via Getty Images)
Jordan Nobbs(13 of23)
Position: Midfielder
Club: Arsenal
Caps: 21
Age: 22
Fast Fact: Nobbs is the daughter of former Hartlepool player Keith Nobbs. (credit:Matt Lewis - The FA via Getty Images)
Club: Arsenal
Caps: 21
Age: 22
Fast Fact: Nobbs is the daughter of former Hartlepool player Keith Nobbs. (credit:Matt Lewis - The FA via Getty Images)
Jo Potter (14 of23)
Position: Midfielder
Club: Birmingham City
Caps: 19
Age: 30
Fast Fact: Potter's recall to the England squad comes after a seven-year absence. (credit:Nick Taylor - The FA via Getty Images)
Club: Birmingham City
Caps: 19
Age: 30
Fast Fact: Potter's recall to the England squad comes after a seven-year absence. (credit:Nick Taylor - The FA via Getty Images)
Jill Scott(15 of23)
Position: Midfielder
Club: Manchester City
Caps: 90
Age: 28
Fast Fact: She's no stranger to silverware, having been on the teams that won the Women’s FA Cup in 2010 and the League Cup in 2008. (credit:Tom Szczerbowski via Getty Images)
Club: Manchester City
Caps: 90
Age: 28
Fast Fact: She's no stranger to silverware, having been on the teams that won the Women’s FA Cup in 2010 and the League Cup in 2008. (credit:Tom Szczerbowski via Getty Images)
Fara Williams(16 of23)
Position: Midfielder
Club: Liverpool
Caps: 139
Age: 31
Fast Fact: Williams has more caps under her belt than any other player in the team. (credit:Tom Dulat - The FA via Getty Images)
Club: Liverpool
Caps: 139
Age: 31
Fast Fact: Williams has more caps under her belt than any other player in the team. (credit:Tom Dulat - The FA via Getty Images)
Eniola Aluko(17 of23)
Position: Forward
Club: Chelsea
Caps: 90
Age: 28
Fast Fact: Qualified lawyer Aluko will be writing a regular column for the BBC throughout the World Cup. (credit:Tom Dulat - The FA via Getty Images)
Club: Chelsea
Caps: 90
Age: 28
Fast Fact: Qualified lawyer Aluko will be writing a regular column for the BBC throughout the World Cup. (credit:Tom Dulat - The FA via Getty Images)
Karen Carney (18 of23)
Position: Forward
Club: Birmingham City
Caps: 103
Age: 27
Fast Fact: Earlier this year, Carney said suffering from depression almost made her give up football. But, she said, wanting to be a good role model to her niece got her back in the game. (credit:Christopher Lee - The FA via Getty Images)
Club: Birmingham City
Caps: 103
Age: 27
Fast Fact: Earlier this year, Carney said suffering from depression almost made her give up football. But, she said, wanting to be a good role model to her niece got her back in the game. (credit:Christopher Lee - The FA via Getty Images)
Toni Duggan(19 of23)
Position: Forward
Club: Manchester City
Caps: 25
Age: 23
Fast Fact: Duggan scored the Women's Super League's goal of the season in 2014 against Chelsea. (credit:Dave Thompson - The FA via Getty Images)
Club: Manchester City
Caps: 25
Age: 23
Fast Fact: Duggan scored the Women's Super League's goal of the season in 2014 against Chelsea. (credit:Dave Thompson - The FA via Getty Images)
Fran Kirby(20 of23)
Position: Forward
Club: Reading
Caps: 8
Age: 21
Fast Fact: Kirby returned to football last season following a four year absence after her mother's death. She's said she's determined to make her late mother proud in the World Cup. (credit:Tom Szczerbowski via Getty Images)
Club: Reading
Caps: 8
Age: 21
Fast Fact: Kirby returned to football last season following a four year absence after her mother's death. She's said she's determined to make her late mother proud in the World Cup. (credit:Tom Szczerbowski via Getty Images)
Lianne Sanderson(21 of23)
Position: Forward
Club: Arsenal
Caps: 46
Age: 27
Fast Fact: Sanderson is something of a globe-trotter having played for clubs in the US, Spain and Cyprus. (credit:Tom Szczerbowski via Getty Images)
Club: Arsenal
Caps: 46
Age: 27
Fast Fact: Sanderson is something of a globe-trotter having played for clubs in the US, Spain and Cyprus. (credit:Tom Szczerbowski via Getty Images)
Ellen White (22 of23)
Position: Forward
Club: Notts County
Caps: 50
Age: 25
Fast Fact: White is back on top form after having damaged a cruciate ligament in her knee during a pre-season friendly against Durham last year. (credit:Tom Szczerbowski via Getty Images)
Club: Notts County
Caps: 50
Age: 25
Fast Fact: White is back on top form after having damaged a cruciate ligament in her knee during a pre-season friendly against Durham last year. (credit:Tom Szczerbowski via Getty Images)
Jodie Taylor (23 of23)
Position: Forward
Club: Portland Thorns
Caps: 8
Age: 28
Fast Fact: She may have began her career with local team Tranmere Rovers, but Taylor has since played for major clubs in the US, Canada and Australia. (credit:Dave Thompson - The FA via Getty Images)
Club: Portland Thorns
Caps: 8
Age: 28
Fast Fact: She may have began her career with local team Tranmere Rovers, but Taylor has since played for major clubs in the US, Canada and Australia. (credit:Dave Thompson - The FA via Getty Images)
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Sarah Attar, Saudi Arabian athlete(01 of08)
Her position in the women's 800m heats may have been a distant last but it was a 'first' that prompted a standing ovation from the crowd. Atturst bravely challenged the social conventions of her country to become the first Saudi Arabian woman to compete in the Olympic track and field. So while Sarah Attar didn't win a medal, she did realise her dream - to represent the women of her country and inspire them to embrace sport.She said: "For women in Saudi Arabia, I think this can really spark something to get more involved in sports, to become more athletic," she said. "Maybe in the next Olympics, we can have a very strong team to come."Atturst, along with judo competitor, Wojdan Ali Seraj Abdulrahim Shahrkhani, were the first Saudi Arabian women to attend the Olympics.The decision was a last-minute one following pressure from the International Olympic Committee. (credit:PA)
Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, Campaigner (02 of08)
Former Paralympian medalist, Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, 43, is world-renowned for her tireless campaigning for disabled sport as well as women's sport.Born with spina bifida, the former athlete was enobled in 2010, after winning 11 gold medals across five consecutive Paralympics Games.Since retiring from sport, Grey-Thompson is busier than ever - she is a TV broadcaster, politician, sits on the board for London Transport and the London Marathon and is the patron for numerous charities. She is never afraid to speak out on what she believes in. Most recently, in May 2013, she told the House of Commons Education Committee that the Government did not take sport seriously and that many disabled children were still “sent to the library” during PE lessons because “teachers don’t feel equipped or able, in many cases to integrate them properly into lessons.”“We are trying to save money because of tough economic times. The obesity bill is just going to keep rising, welfare benefits will just keep rising and, actually, sport [and] physical activity can do an awful lot to challenge and help those things.” (credit:Getty Images)
Clare Balding, Broadcaster & Writer(03 of08)
Clare Balding's incredible coverage of London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics cemented her status as a national treasure and earned her a BAFTA Special Award. It also helped to raise the profile of women in sport as well as women in the media.Balding, whose passion for sport is in her genes (her father is the Queen's former horse trainer), has a particular passion for women's sport and in her frequent interviews in the media, she never misses an opportunity to campaign for gender equality.Not surprisingly, Balding was given an OBE in June this year. (credit:Alamy)
Marion Bartoli, Wimbledon Champion(04 of08)
Unfortunately, Marion Bartoli's impressive victory in the 2013 Wimbledon final - in which she didn't drop a set against Germany's Sabine Lasicki - was somewhat overshadowed by *those* sexist remarks from John Inverdale and a few ignorant souls on Twitter.The fiasco has forced the world to open its eyes to the sexism that women still have to contend with. Meanwhile, Bartoli's dignified and magnanimous reaction has cast her as not only a sporting champion but an admirable role model. (credit:Alamy)
Jessica Ennis-Hill, Olympic Heptathlete(05 of08)
Labelled the poster girl of 2012, Jessica Ennis’ 'girl-next-door to Olympic gold-medalist' fairytale has given a nation of schoolgirls a reason to believe that dreams really can come true.Smashing her personal best, beating her competitors by hundreds of points and scooping the gold medal for the heptathlon, Ennis-Hill, has a great deal to be proud of. But it is her status as a role model that seems to give the athlete her greatest sense of achievement.Recognising the importance of such role models, she said after the Olympics: “You can have lots of regulations and lots of information booklets, to get females involved in sport. But if you want girls to play sport, you have to give them role models.” However she is also aware of the obstacles: “The problem with the traditional non-sporting women in the media is that most of them are size zero. You can’t be a fit, healthy sportswoman – out there beating your rivals – if you’re size zero.“It’s hard to change but it would happen if more sportswomen were in the media, and if more coaches were women, more influential sports figures were women.” (credit:Alamy)
Sue Tibballs, CEO, Women's Sport And Fitness Foundation(06 of08)
Tibballs, a tireless campaigner for gender equality. As the Chair of the Women's Sport And Fitness Foundation, Tibballs aim is to create a nation of active women. Her latest campaign is to target the issue around women and fitness at grass-roots level by recruiting 25 schools for an in-depth analysis of how schools engage with girls to deliver physical education and to establish the perfect model.Tiball believes that body confidence is the biggest obstacle for women and sport. She told HuffPost Lifestyle: "The relationship women have with their bodies and the confidence surrounding that is the last step of women's liberation".She believe that "girls need to own their bodies and move their bodies" and have the confidence to get involved with sport. That involves removing the negative perceptions around exercise and fitness for girls. And she believes a crucial part of that is a greater exposure to sporting role models in the media. (credit:PA)
Hope Powell, England Women's National Coach(07 of08)
Growing up in South-East London in the 1970s, in a world there was no place for women in football, Hope Powell stuck by her guns and challenged conventions, determined to realise her dreams.While studying to be a football coach, she knew she had a greater challenge ahead than the rest of her classmates but she wasn't deterred: "On the course I was the only female, the only black female and there I was with these guys from the professional world of football. I probably worked harder than everyone else; in that situation you’ve got more to prove."But prove herself she did. Though "disgusted" that she was unable to play football professionally in this country, she has forged an alternative career in football as the England Women's National Coach and the Team GB Olympic football team.She is currently leading the England team in the Women's Euro 2013.In 2003 Powell became the first woman to achieve the UEFA Pro Licence—the highest coaching award available. (credit:PA)
Nicola Adams, Boxing Champion(08 of08)
Nicola Adams became the first ever Olympic boxing champion when she scooped the gold for Team GB in 2012.Proving that boxing is every bit a woman's game, the champion's victory has caused a dramatic surge of interest in female boxing.Sport England figures show that before last summer's Games, where women's boxing was included for the first time, there were 19,600 females boxing once a week, compared with 35,100 now - an increase of 79%. (credit:Alamy)