![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/top-10-womens-world-cup-breakout-stars-to-look-out-for-including-england-star/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0_GettyImages-1480385215.jpg&description=The summer's showpiece tournament promises to whip up plenty of excitement with squads boasting a number of stars hoping to make their mark on the big stage The Women's World Cup is very nearly here, and as the most ardent football fan will know, the elite sign of a Proper World Cup Fan is their knowledge of those mythically elite-yet-unheard-of players that not everyone in the media is already screaming about. The need to know is fierce. And sometimes overwhelming, particularly with this year's expanded tournament in Australia and New Zealand and the sheer quantity of talent on display. But to save you from having to frantically trawl through page 10 of Google for those undiscovered gems, the Mirror has taken on the onus of hashing out a list of 10 players who are cutting themselves convincing candidates for the title of the tournament's breakout star Down Under. Filing any Lioness under the header of "unheard of" is a stretch, but if any lesson was provided during England's goalless World Cup send-off against Portugal, it's that Lauren James is the name to know. For all the positives to glean, James' inclusion in the match provided the scintillating factor that has come to be anonymous with the freshly crowned WSL champion. Lionesses captain Leah Williamson previously described James as a 'cheat code', and it bears conscious reminding that the Chelsea attacker did not partake in last summer's European championship triumph, having only made her debut under Sarina Wiegman last September. Yet 10 months on, leaving out James from England's starting XI feels a near impossibility. She has pace to burn, a penchant to dazzle and an instinct in attack that is proving ever more lethal and necessary when England are looking to break down frustrating defences. They are qualities that cut her the obvious game-changer for England. James, who has one goal in her 11 appearances for England so far, has insisted she has little relish for the spotlight, a fact that can read paradoxi){kind=link}
The summer’s showpiece tournament promises to whip up plenty of excitement with squads boasting a number of stars hoping to make their mark on the big stage
The Women’s World Cup is very nearly here, and as the most ardent football fan will know, the elite sign of a Proper World Cup Fan is their knowledge of those mythically elite-yet-unheard-of players that not everyone in the media is already screaming about.
The need to know is fierce. And sometimes overwhelming, particularly with this year’s expanded tournament in Australia and New Zealand and the sheer quantity of talent on display.
But to save you from having to frantically trawl through page 10 of Google for those undiscovered gems, the Mirror has taken on the onus of hashing out a list of 10 players who are cutting themselves convincing candidates for the title of the tournament’s breakout star Down Under.
Filing any Lioness under the header of “unheard of” is a stretch, but if any lesson was provided during England’s goalless World Cup send-off against Portugal, it’s that Lauren James is the name to know.