Football Australia announced the 24-player squad on Monday with Sam Kerr, vice-captain Steph Catley, Alanna Kennedy, and Caitlin Foord among those missing.
, is one of the favourites to take out the title, which would have made this upcoming friendly series perfect preparation.
Captain Sam Kerr arrived in Perth on Friday, telling local reporters she was here for a month to spend time with family and friends.She's joined by most of her senior teammates who have also returned to Australia during their European off-seasons, including Tottenham striker Kyah Simon. "We've never really had it in our careers because we did back-to-back seasons for so long between Australia and America. So we under-estimated the importance of having an off-season.
"And it freshens you up going into the next season and the next cycle, which is super important as athletes, whereas we've just stayed at this one level for the past 10 years without a rest.In their place, Gustavsson has called up a host of fresh faces for the Spain and Portugal games.
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