A Northern Ireland Women’s Under-16 development squad are off to Paraguay at the end of next week to take part in a development tournament.
UEFA has invited Northern Ireland to compete in the UEFA-CONMEBOL U16 Girls Development Cup.
Northern Ireland are set to take on Paraguay, Puerto Rico and Chile in the tournament run by CONMEBOL, the governing body of football in South America, with support from UEFA.
Danielle McDowell Tuffey will manage the squad in South America, and she will be assisted by Julie Nelson.
McDowell Tuffey has chosen a 20-strong squad to make the trip across the Atlantic.
All games in the four-team tournament are being played at CONMEBOL’s complex at Luque in south-west Paraguay. Luque is part of the metropolitan area around Asuncion, Paraguay’s capital.
First up for Northern Ireland is a match against hosts Paraguay on Monday 1 June (11am start local time).
Two days later they will take on Puerto Rico (11am start local time) and on Saturday 6 June their final game will be against Chile (8am kick-off).
The Northern Ireland Women’s U16 squad features:
Goalkeepers – Saskia McLaughlin (Linfield Women), Ifeoma Agoha (Derry City Women).
Defenders – Anayah Lee and Autumn Edgar (both Cliftonville Ladies), Zion Donnan and Caitlin Shields (both Crusaders Strikers), Jessica Leacock and Connie Harper (both Glentoran Women), Molly Gray (Derry City Women), Rosa Brin (West Ham United Women).
Midfielders – Grace Murray (Lisburn Rangers Ladies), Grace Guest (Crusaders Strikers), Cara McVeigh (Mid-Ulster Ladies), Lauren Kirkpatrick (Linfield Women), Daisy-Lee Anderson (Glentoran Women).
Forwards – Charley McMullan, Abigail Curley and Ellie Tohill (all Cliftonville Ladies), Ella Kitson (Linfield Women), Niamh McDaid (Derry City Women).
Image: Danielle McDowell Tuffey (right) and Julie Nelson (left) are off to Paraguay with a Northern Ireland Women’s U16 development squad.
