Republic of Ireland Women’s Under-17 Head Coach
James Scott has announced a 20-player squad for the UEFA Women’s Under-17
Championship Qualifying Round in Lithuania.
The Girls in Green will take on Albania (Tuesday,
September 10th), Lithuania (Friday, September 13th) and Greece (Monday,
September 16th) as part of the first round of qualifying as they look to take a
step closer to next year’s tournament in Scotland.
The WU17 squad includes players from 11 clubs with three from Galway WFC. All three are in defence with Kate Slevin, Therese Kinnevey and Shauna Brennan and five new faces in the squad in Olivia Gibson (Cork City), Orlagh Fitzpatrick (Peamount United), Ellen Molloy (Thomastown United), Jenna Slattery (Fairview Rangers) and Laura Shine (Wilton United).
Speaking ahead of the games, Scott said: “I’m
delighted with the squad of 20, we have four players in who are born a year
early so that’s great experience for them. We’ve got a good balance and there’s
four girls in the squad who played with the Under-17s last year, it was a great
experience for them and now coming in this year they know what to expect.
"We have a group of talented players coming
through and we’re all really looking forward to heading out Lithuania.
Republic
of Ireland Women’s Under-17 squad
Goalkeepers: Leah Coen Hayes (Cork City), Emma Ring
(Peamount United)
Defenders: Kate Slevin (Galway WFC), Therese Kinnevey (Galway WFC), Shauna Brennan (Galway WFC), Amiee Bates Crosby (Wexford Youths), Chloe McCarthy (Shelbourne), Jenna Slattery (Fairview Rangers)
Midfielders: Olivia Gibson (Cork City), Aoibheann
Clancy (Limerick FC), Della Doherty (Peamount United), Muireann Devaney (Sligo
Rovers), Kate O’Dowd (Sligo Rovers), Ellen Molloy (Thomastown United)
Forwards: Aoife Horgan (Limerick FC), Rebecca
Watkins (Peamount United), Orlagh Fitzpatrick (Peamount United) Erin McLoughlin
(Sea Rovers), Kerry Brown (Sion Swifts), Laura Shine (Wilton United)
Fixtures
September, 10: Ireland v Albania, (KO 13:00, Irish
time), SRC Alytus - Alytus
September, 13: Ireland v Lithuania, (KO 16:00, Irish
time), Stadium of Marijampole - Marijampole
September, 16: Greece v Ireland, (KO 13:00, Irish
time), SRC Alytus - Alytus
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