{"id":449744,"date":"2026-05-15T06:07:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T06:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/449744\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T06:07:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T06:07:11","slug":"katie-mccabe-to-leave-arsenal-at-the-end-of-the-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/449744\/","title":{"rendered":"Katie McCabe to leave Arsenal at the end of the season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Republic of Ireland captain Katie McCabe will leave Arsenal at the end of the season after more than a decade in north London.<\/p>\n<p>The Dubliner made over 300 appearances for the Gunners, winning the Women\u2019s Super League and last season\u2019s Women\u2019s Champions League title.<\/p>\n<p>McCabe\u2019s contract expires this summer, and Arsenal confirmed that no extension agreement has been reached.<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old has been linked with a move elsewhere in the WSL, including champions Manchester City.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Arsenal said: &#8220;The 30-year-old Republic of Ireland full-back departs with one FA Cup, one WSL title, three League Cups, one UEFA Women\u2019s Champions League, and one FIFA Champions Cup to her name.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Born in Kilnamanagh in 1995, Katie joined us in December 2015 with a reputation as one of the most exciting young players in Irish football. Her first trophy at Arsenal arrived at the end of the 2015\/16 season in the form of the FA Cup, as Katie made an early impact at the club.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Katie\u2019s Arsenal career went from strength to strength in the years that followed, as she won the League Cup in 2017\/18 followed by the WSL title in 2018\/19. A strong connection with our supporters was formed, with Katie\u2019s passion and spirited style cementing her place as a firm favourite on the terraces.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"not-prose no-underline\" data-action=\"click\" data-category=\"Read more article clicked\" data-label=\"https:\/\/www.breakingnews.ie\/sport\/rory-mcilroy-endures-disappointing-start-to-us-pga-championship-campaign-1900044.html\" data-value=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breakingnews.ie\/sport\/rory-mcilroy-endures-disappointing-start-to-us-pga-championship-campaign-1900044.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/344e28bfbf8040a2b7b9cabdc2e6f70e-e1778784170880.jpg\" class=\"rounded-sm object-contain bg-transparent z-10 w-full h-full not-prose\" alt=\"Rory Mcilroy Endures Disappointing Start To Us Pga Championship Campaign\" width=\"278\" height=\"156\" \/><\/p>\n<p>        Sport<\/p>\n<p>Rory McIlroy endures disappointing start to US PGA Championship campaign<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Katie was voted our Player of the Season in 2020\/21 and again in 2022\/23, as we won another League Cup title and made a memorable run to the semi-finals of the UEFA Women\u2019s Champions League, with Katie named in the tournament\u2019s Team of the Season.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>They said another League Cup win followed in 2024, while Katie played an integral role in their historic UEFA Women\u2019s Champions League title in May 2025.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The FIFA Champions Cup win in February 2026 means that Katie leaves Arsenal having won every available club trophy during her time here.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everyone at Arsenal wishes Katie all the best in her next chapter.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Republic of Ireland captain Katie McCabe will leave Arsenal at the end of the season after more than&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":449745,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":["post-449744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449744","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=449744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449744\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/449745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=449744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=449744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=449744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}