Amber Barrett and Tyler Toland have been included in the Republic of Ireland Women\u2019s National Team\u2019s 23-player squad for the upcoming FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup European Qualifiers against France and the Netherlands.<\/p>\n
The squad will begin their League A campaign against two of the world\u2019s top teams, facing France at Tallaght Stadium on Tuesday, March 3 (kick-off 7.30pm), before travelling to Utrecht to take on the Netherlands on Saturday, March 7 (kick-off 7.45pm Irish time \/ 8.45pm local time).<\/p>\n
Milford forward Barrett and St Johnston midfielder Toland are joined in Carla Ward\u2019s squad by Anna Patten who qualifies for Ireland through her Falcarragh grandparents.<\/p>\n
Ireland come into the high-profile fixtures full of confidence following their dramatic play-off victory over Belgium at the end of last year. Abbie Larkin\u2019s crucial stoppage-time goal secured a famous aggregate victory and promotion to the top tier.<\/p>\n
Ireland WNT Squad \u2013 France & the Netherlands<\/p>\n
Goalkeepers: Courtney Brosnan (Everton FC), Sophie Whitehouse (Charlton Athletic), Grace Moloney (Sunderland).<\/p>\n
Defenders: Katie McCabe (Arsenal FC), Anna Patten (Aston Villa FC), Caitlin Hayes (Brighton & Hove Albion), Hayley Nolan (Crystal Palace), Aoife Mannion (Newcastle United), Jessie Stapleton (Nottingham Forest \u2013 loan), Chloe Mustaki (Nottingham Forest), Heather Payne (Leicester City).<\/p>\n
Midfielders: Denise O\u2019Sullivan (Liverpool), Tyler Toland (Durham), Megan Connolly (Lazio), Marissa Sheva (Sunderland), Lucy Quinn (Birmingham City), Ruesha Littlejohn (Crystal Palace), Jamie Finn (Sunderland).<\/p>\n
Attackers: Saoirse Noonan (Celtic FC), Abbie Larkin (Crystal Palace), Leanne Kiernan (Nottingham Forest \u2013 loan), Emily Murphy (Newcastle United), Kyra Carusa (Kansas City Current \u2013 loan), Amber Barrett (Strasbourg).<\/p>\n
FIXTURE DETAILS<\/p>\n
Republic of Ireland v France<\/p>\n
FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup European Qualifier<\/p>\n
Tuesday, March 3 | Tallaght Stadium | 7.30pm<\/p>\n
Netherlands v Republic of Ireland<\/p>\n
FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup European Qualifier<\/p>\n
Saturday, March 7 | Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht | 7.45pm (Irish Time)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Amber Barrett and Tyler Toland have been included in the Republic of Ireland Women\u2019s National Team\u2019s 23-player squad…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":82264,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-302486","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ireland","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-ireland","10":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}