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The mandatory release date for the tournament
is July 10, which is 10 days before the event kicks off in
Australia and New Zealand.
The ECA said it had received a "volume of alerts" from clubs
about the issue and warned that the health and well-being of
players could be put at risk.
"This is not a matter of financial compensation or the absence
of adequate protection and insurance, but a serious concern for
player welfare," ECA Head of Women's Football Claire Bloomfield
said in a statement released on Wednesday.
"The issue of early call-ups is a hangover from the game in its
amateur form and is detrimental to the future success and growth
of women's football."
Chelsea manager Emma Hayes has called for strict restrictions on
international windows.
Several top players, including England captain Leah Williamson
and Netherlands forward Vivianne Miedema, have been ruled out of
the World Cup due to serious injuries.
"There's a reason and a rationale for those windows because,
especially in the last three years, players have had so little
rest - maybe a couple of weeks at the end of the season, it is
not enough," Hayes told a news conference on Wednesday.
(Reporting by Manasi Pathak in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter
Rutherford)
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