Scotland 'have the quality' to return to majors - retiring Corsie

Captain Rachel Corsie "undoubtedly" believes nan adjacent procreation of Scotland players person nan "quality" to return to women's awesome tournaments.

The 35-year-old will discontinue astatine nan extremity of this world model arsenic nan Scots adjacent retired their Nations League A run astatine location to Austria connected Friday and distant to nan Netherlands adjacent Tuesday, pinch some matches unrecorded connected nan BBC.

The defender, who has not played for nan nationalist squad since July, led Scotland retired astatine their first, and only, World Cup quality successful 2019, 2 years aft reaching Euro 2017.

Having grounded to suffice for nan past 3 awesome tournaments, nan task of taking nan Scots backmost to nan apical array falls connected caller caput coach Melissa Andreatta.

"They're truthful talented, nan opportunity they've had to conscionable refine their skills, to go elite athletes from a younger age, that's conscionable going to group them up for hopefully awesome things," centre-back Corsie, who has conscionable near Aston Villa, said.

"Undoubtedly [the talent is there]. Do I judge we've sewage nan quality? Yes.

"I deliberation nan biggest part, though, is having that mentality of I want to beryllium nan champion and I want to beryllium a portion of a squad that's nan best.

"If we tin do that and do it amended than nan nations that we're competing successful amongst us, I deliberation we'll get there."

While nan 154-cap defender announced her status connected Monday, it is simply a determination she has sat pinch for a while.

Although incapable to put a digit connected nan infinitesimal it clicked, Corsie - who missed nan ample mostly of nan 2024/25 play because of a knee wounded - admitted qualifying for this summer's Euros successful Switzerland was "the biggest target".

The Scots, without their captain, failed to do that successful Finland and truthful this is nan extremity for nan Aberdeen autochthonal who made her world debut successful 2009.

"It's difficult to cognize really I feel," she added. "Announcing it yesterday publically was an affectional time but a really bully day, though I was genuinely truthful tense driving to camp!

"I'm trying to slow nan days down. Everyone says it hits you after, truthful I'm benignant of braced for that."

Corsie, whose profession started pinch Glasgow City - wherever she went connected to triumph 7 Scottish convention titles - confirmed she does want "to enactment wrong shot successful immoderate capacity" beyond her playing days.

She has done punditry for nan BBC - including astatine Euro 24 - and co-hosts nan Behind The Goals podcast pinch erstwhile team-mate Leanne Crichton, while she has besides tried her manus astatine coaching.

There is thing concrete, yet, astir what nan early holds, though she does cognize a break is required, first and foremost.

"I'm decidedly going to return immoderate clip retired and I don't cognize really that's going to go, I deliberation that mightiness beryllium nan hardest bit," she said pinch a smile.

"But I'm going to decidedly return a mates of weeks gone holiday, move my telephone disconnected astir apt arsenic overmuch arsenic you tin these days and conscionable bask that because, erstwhile you've been a master athlete, summer's ne'er rather summer.

"I want to enactment wrong shot successful immoderate capacity. I emotion it.

"I've really enjoyed nan media, I've done small bits of coaching, different bits and pieces done nan players' union, things successful nan US, things backmost here, but I request to astir apt fig retired what feels for illustration a bully opportunity adjacent and what feels right."