WHEN THE IRELAND women’s soccer teams lines out against the USA at the Q2 Stadium in Austin, Texas this Saturday night, they’ll have the support of 38 fellow Irish athletes in the stands.
The 2021 and 2022 TG4 All Stars are en route to Austin for the 2023 TG4/LGFA All Star tour, and the day before their exhibition game they will cheer on the WNT in a pre-World Cup friendly against the world’s No 1 ranked side.
Then on Sunday the Celtic Cowboys will host the traditional exhibition game between the 2021 and 2022 All Star selections, which will be played at St Edward’s University on Easter Sunday, 9 April.
The game (8.20pm Irish time) will be live-streamed on the Spórt TG4 YouTube page.
The 2021 selection will be managed by former Meath manager Eamonn Murray, who guided the Royal County to TG4 All-Ireland Senior championship glory in 2021 and 2022, with Kerry joint-manager Darragh Long taking charge of the 2022 team.
The match will be overseen by Cavan’s Maggie Farrelly, one of the most experienced whistlers on the circuit and referee for the 2014 and 2022 TG4 All-Ireland Senior Championship Finals.
This is the ninth All-Star tour for the LGFA and the travelling party left Dublin airport early this morning.
All Star Team 2021:
- 1. Monica McGuirk, Meath
- 2. Emma Troy, Meath
- 3. Mary Kate Lynch, Meath
- 4. Leah Caffrey, Dublin
- 5. Erika O’Shea, Cork
- 6. Aoibhín Cleary, Meath
- 7. Orlagh Nolan, Dublin
- 8. Hannah Looney, Cork
- 9. Máire O’Shaughnessy, Meath
- 10. Hannah Tyrrell, Dublin
- 11. Rachel Kearns, Mayo
- 12. Niamh O’Sullivan, Meath
- 13. Vikki Wall, Meath
- 14. Emma Duggan, Meath
- 15. Geraldine McLaughlin, Donegal
Replacements:
- 16. Róisín Phelan, Cork
- 17. Lauren McConville, Armagh
- 19. Olivia Divilly, Galway
- 20. Lyndsey Davey, Dublin
All Star Team 2022
- 1. Ciara Butler, Kerry
- 2. Shauna Ennis, Meath
- 3. Kayleigh Cronin, Kerry
- 4. Danielle Caldwell, Mayo
- 5. Aishling O’Connell, Kerry
- 6. Aoibheann Leahy, Meath
- 7. Nicole McLaughlin, Donegal
- 8. Cáit Lynch, Kerry
- 9. Niamh McLaughlin, Donegal
- 10. Niamh Carmody, Kerry
- 11. Carla Rowe, Dublin
- 12. Shauna Howley, Mayo
- 13. Aimee Mackin, Armagh
- 14. Stacey Grimes, Meath
- 15. Louise Ní Mhuircheartaigh, Kerry
Replacements:
- 17. Sinéad Cafferky, Mayo
- 18. Nicola Ward, Galway
- 19. Anna Galvin, Kerry
- 20. Mo Nerney, Laois
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