A Northern Ireland Women’s Under-15 development squad will be competing in a UEFA development tournament in Malta this month.
The WU15s are due to play against their counterparts from Romania, Malta and Lithuania in the tournament. The Centenary Stadium at Ta’Qali in central Malta will host all the matches.
Game one for Northern Ireland is against Romania next Tuesday (16 September). The game is due to kick off at 10am local time (9am BST).
Two days later, on Thursday 18 September, they will face hosts Malta (1.30pm CEST, 12.30pm BST) and their final game in Ta’Qali is against Lithuania on Sunday 21 September (10am CEST, 9am BST).
Head coach Stephen Graham has chosen a 20-strong squad for the tournament. He will be assisted by Heather Mearns and Jack Little.
The Irish FA’s Girls Elite Youth Academy Manager, Danielle McDowell Tuffey, will also travel with the squad.
The Northern Ireland WU15s development panel is as follows:
Goalkeepers – Ifeoma Agoha (Larne Women), Grace Greenhill (Linfield Women).
Defenders – Darcy Grayson and Sophia Gill (both Larne Women), Molly Gray (Derry City Women), Katie McKenna (Crusaders Strikers), Gracey Livingston (Linfield Women), Eva Dunlop (Ballyclare Comrades Ladies).
Midfielders – Zion Donnan and Anna Dunlop (both Crusaders Strikers), Connie Harper (Glentoran Women), Lauren Kirkpatrick (Linfield Women), Leah Hepburn (Loughgall), Cara McVeigh (Mid Ulster Ladies), Lara Longridge (Larne Women).
Forwards – Aoife Conlon, Sophie Nelson and Ella Kitson (all Larne Women), Emilie Sylvester (Linfield Women), Lydia Devlin (Hanover Ladies).
