{"id":567871,"date":"2020-10-01T09:32:48","date_gmt":"2020-10-01T13:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=567871"},"modified":"2020-10-01T09:32:48","modified_gmt":"2020-10-01T13:32:48","slug":"england-squad-announcement-dominic-calvert-lewin-earns-first-call-up-to-senior-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/10\/01\/england-squad-announcement-dominic-calvert-lewin-earns-first-call-up-to-senior-side\/","title":{"rendered":"England Squad Announcement: Dominic Calvert-Lewin Earns First Call-Up to Senior Side"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dominic Calvert-Lewin is one of three England players to earn their first call-ups to Gareth Southgate&#8217;s England squad.<\/p>\n<p>The in-form <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/everton\/\" target=\"_self\">Everton<\/a> striker joins Bukayo Saka and Harvey Barnes in the 30-man squad for games against Wales, Belgium and Denmark later this month.<\/p>\n<h2>Dominic Calvert-Lewin Earns First England Call-Up<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Here is your <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ThreeLions?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#ThreeLions<\/a> squad for this month\u2019s triple-header! \ud83d\udc40<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 England (@England) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/England\/status\/1311652082609467392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 1, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Emphatic Start to the Season for Calvert-Lewin<\/h3>\n<p>The 23-year-old Everton striker has enjoyed an excellent start to the season, scoring eight goals in five games so far.<\/p>\n<p>It has highlighted his continued rise under Carlo Ancelotti at Goodison Park &#8211; he scored 15 goals in all competitions last season, eight of which came under the Italian.<\/p>\n<p>Calvert-Lewin&#8217;s magnificent form has included two hat-tricks. His first came in their 5-2 win over<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/west-brom\/\" target=\"_self\"> West Bromwich Albion<\/a> at Goodison park, while his second came in a 4-1 win over <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/west-ham\/\" target=\"_self\">West Ham United<\/a> in the EFL Cup.<\/p>\n<p>With England set to play three games in the forthcoming campaign, Calvert-Lewin is likely to feature in all three, and potentially even start ahead of Harry Kane. The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/tottenham\/\" target=\"_self\">Tottenham<\/a> striker has been struck by his sides busy schedule, and Gareth Southgate will no doubt look to preserve the fitness of his best striker.<\/p>\n<h3>Who Else Has Made the Squad?<\/h3>\n<p>Southgate has named a slightly larger squad in preparation for a busier international break than usual.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea&#8217;s Ben Chilwell returns to the squad alongside Jordan Henderson and Harry Maguire. Chilwell and Henderson both missed out through injury last month, while Maguire pulled out after his <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/08\/25\/harry-maguire-found-guilty-of-all-charges\/\" target=\"_self\">arrest<\/a> in Greece.<\/p>\n<p>After receiving a late call-up to the last squad, Jack Grealish has kept his place in the squad. The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/aston-villa-club-news-analysis-fixtures\/\" target=\"_self\">Aston Villa<\/a> midfielder has scored two goals in three games so far this season.<\/p>\n<p>Southgate&#8217;s side face Wales at Wembley Stadium on October 8, before hosting Belgium and Denmark in the UEFA Nations League.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"TrX0-S45Qc5HDmGRkKPprw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1277620914\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'TrX0-S45Qc5HDmGRkKPprw',sig:'l6BFowZqaiIVvkrXqweatPrYgPZDlSZUOO6Ni_CiQgk=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1277620914',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dominic Calvert-Lewin is one of three England players to earn their first call-ups to Gareth Southgate&#8217;s England squad. The in-form Everton striker joins Bukayo Saka and Harvey Barnes in the 30-man squad for games against Wales, Belgium and Denmark later this month. Dominic Calvert-Lewin Earns First England Call-Up Here is your #ThreeLions squad for this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2795,"featured_media":567872,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[161,13,30],"tags":[670,45,40,136],"class_list":["post-567871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-football","category-everton","category-news","tag-dominic-calvert-lewin","tag-everton","tag-premier-league","tag-world-football"],"modified_by":"Ben Robinson, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2795"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=567871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/567872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=567871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=567871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=567871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}