Mark Sampson has attempted to stave off a club-versus-country row by sympathising with Women's Super League teams over England's busy March and April programme.
The Lionesses are in the United States for the SheBelieves Cup tournament, and next month face Belgium and Bosnia and Herzegovina in Euro 2017 qualifiers.
It means the new WSL season will begin in late March, and then stutter to a halt for a month before the second round of fixtures, a situation that is understood to have caused some consternation at club level.
Sampson has reminded clubs a winning England team will put women's football in the spotlight and the attention will benefit all levels of the game, but as a former boss of Bristol Academy he knows why WSL head coaches may be unhappy.
"It's a fair comment. We're in constant communication about doing what's right by the players, and getting the best out of the players and trying to develop a programme that fits international and fits club," said England manager Sampson.
"Any club manager will always want more time with their players, just like I want more time with the players, and the challenge is to find the right balance.
"Have we got that yet? I don't think we have, we've still got to keep working on this, and make sure we give the players and clubs the best chance to be successful, but in turn that must allow the international team to have every opportunity to win major tournaments.
"We know that if England win a major tournament the impact that will have on the game is far greater than anything else we could ever do in the women's game."
England wrap up their Stateside campaign by playing France in Boca Raton, Florida on Wednesday.
After a 1-0 loss to World Cup winners the United States, England were controversially beaten 2-1 by Germany on Sunday after a hotly-disputed penalty.
England are determined not to return empty-handed from the round-robin tournament, but the same will be true of France, who have also lost both of their opening games.
"It's another big test," Sampson told Press Association Sport.
"We're playing another team who are up there with the best in the world, if not the best, so it's going to be a bloody tough game for us.
"But from our point of view if we're at it, and we're right, and we do the things we're good at, we can beat anyone. We just need to get that right."
Source: PA-WIRE
