From http://www.jfa.or.jp/eng/news/news/080708_09.html Squad: Goalkeepers — Miho Fukumoto (Okayama Yunogo Belle), Ayumi Kaihori (INAC Leonessa) Defenders — Hiromi Ikeda (TASAKI Perule), Miyuki Yanagita (Urawa Reds Ladies), Kozue Ando (Urawa Reds Ladies), Yukari Kinga (Nippon TV Beleza), Kyoko Yano (Urawa Reds Ladies), Azusa Iwashimizu (Nippon TV Beleza) Midfielders — Tomoe Kato (Nippon TV Beleza), Homare Sawa (Nippon TV Beleza), Ayumi Hara (INAC Leonessa), Aya Miyama (Okayama Yunogo Belle), Mizuho Sakaguchi (TASAKI Perule), Rumi Utsugi (Nippon TV Beleza) Forwards — Eriko Arakawa (Nippon TV Beleza), Karina Maruyama (TEPCO Mareeze), Shinobu Ohno (Nippon TV Beleza), Yuki Nagasato (Nippon TV Beleza) Back-up squad: Goalkeeper — Nozomi Yamago (Urawa Reds Ladies) Defender — Saki Kumagai (Tokiwagi Gakuen High School) Midfielder — Aya Sameshima (TEPCO Mareeze) Forward — Michi Goto (Tokowagi Gakuen High School) Coach — Norio Sasaki
Any update on Sawa? Was her injury that bad? Hopefully she'll be ok and that the only reason she didn't make it back onto the field in the NZ game was because of full time...