Republic of Ireland Women\u2019s National Team Head Coach Carla Ward has named Donegal\u2019s Amber Barrett and Tyler Toland in a 25-player squad for the final two Group stage fixtures of the FIFA 2027 Women\u2019s World Cup qualifying campaign against the Netherlands and France.<\/p>\n
Barrett, who hails from Milford, and St Johnston\u2019s Toland are regular members of the squad.<\/p>\n
Anna Patten, who qualifies through her grandfather grandfather, is also included.<\/p>\n
Ireland enter the final window with direct qualification for next summer\u2019s finals tournament in Brazil still a possibility. Should Ireland secure top spot in the group across these two fixtures, they will bypass the play-off system and secure an automatic berth at the World Cup.<\/p>\n
The group campaign concludes with a massive home fixture as Ireland head to Cork to face the Netherlands at P\u00e1irc U\u00ed Chaoimh on Friday, June 5 (7:30pm). The squad will then travel to Grenoble to take on France at the Stade des Alpes on Tuesday, June 9 (8pm).<\/p>\n
Carla Ward has selected an expanded 25-player squad to manage personnel for the opening fixture. Both Denise O\u2019Sullivan and Emily Murphy are suspended for the home match against the Netherlands but will remain with the squad for the duration of the camp and will be available for selection for the final game against France.<\/p>\n
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The squad is bolstered by the return of Jessie Stapleton, who is recalled following her recovery from injury, alongside Crystal Palace defender Hayley Nolan. Shelbourne midfielder Aoibheann Clancy also retains her place in the senior setup following a string of impressive performances in the SSE Airtricity Women\u2019s Premier Division.<\/p>\n
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Ireland WNT Squad \u2013 Netherlands & France<\/p>\n
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Goalkeepers: Courtney Brosnan (Everton FC), Sophie Whitehouse (Charlton Athletic), Grace Moloney (Sunderland).<\/p>\n
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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 (West Ham United), Chloe Mustaki (Nottingham Forest).<\/p>\n
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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), Aoibheann Clancy (Shelbourne), Jess Ziu (West Ham United).<\/p>\n
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Attackers: Saoirse Noonan (Celtic FC), Abbie Larkin (Crystal Palace), Leanne Kiernan (Liverpool), Emily Murphy (Newcastle United), Kyra Carusa (Kansas City Current \u2013 loan), Amber Barrett (Strasbourg).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Republic of Ireland Women\u2019s National Team Head Coach Carla Ward has named Donegal\u2019s Amber Barrett and Tyler Toland…\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":["post-462096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462096","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=462096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462096\/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=462096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}