Harrison names Ireland U15 squad
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Republic of Ireland U15s head coach Niall Harrison has named his squad for two friendly internationals against Finland in Dublin next week.
The Irish will meet the Finns on Tuesday, April 16 (7.00pm) at the Oscar Traynor Centre in Coolock then meet again on Thursday, April 18 (12 noon) and Harrison will use 25 players across the two matches.
“Some players will feature in one game and some players will feature in both games,” explained Harrison, whose side are unbeaten this season having beaten Juventus and Wolves and drawn with the Aspire Academy and Brighton & Hove Albion in development matches.
“We’re looking to build and continue on what we’ve done so far this season - to continue playing the way we’ve been playing and hopefully winning the games which is part of the development process too.”
The squad contains a couple of new faces including Louis Dunne, son of Colchester United’s Dublin-born boss Joe Dunne.
“We’ve some new players in the squad too so we’re hoping they can really build on what we’ve seen from them in their regional centres and in training,” said Harrison.
“Louis Dunne is a central midfield player with a nice left foot. He’s an intelligent player, technically very good. We’ve had him in twice and he did well. He brings good passing ability and tidiness in his play.
“Jason McGee from Glenea United in Donegal has done well at the regional centre in Letterkenny. He’s a tall centre-back and it will be interesting to see how he does.
“Mikey Quigley from Wexford is a centre-midfield who can also play right-back so we’re looking forward to seeing how he does and Yousef Mahdy is a striker. He was previously was in the North Dublin Schoolboy League but his family moved to Limerick and has done very well scoring goals regularly for Mungret Regional.”
Republic of Ireland U15 squad
Jake Doyle Hayes (Ballyjamesduff FC)
Avis Ganiyu (Templeogue Utd)
JJ Lunney (Malahide Utd)
Jason McGee (Glenea Utd)
Josh Miller (Moone Celtic)
Yousef Mahdy (Mungret Regional)
Ross Tracey (Parkvilla FC)
Brandon Payne (Lucan Utd FC)
Conor Davis (Templeogue Utd)
Conor Masterson (Lucan Utd FC)
Corey Chambers (St Kevin's Boys)
Seán Whelan (Lucan Utd FC)
Steven Kinsella (Templeogue Utd)
Jean Yves Poame (Corduff FC)
Mark Buckley (Corinthian Boys)
Mikey Quigley (St Joseph's Boys)
Robert McCourt (St Kevin's Boys)
Gareth Doherty (Letterkenny Rovers)
Jesse Stafford Lacey (St Brendan's Park)
Ismael Diallo (Corduff FC)
Zachary Elbouzedi (Malahide Utd)
Stephen Nolan (BT Harps FC)
Tommy Holland (Ardcroney FC)
Conor Levingston (Gorey Rangers)
Louis Dunne (Colchester Utd)
Fixtures
Tuesday, April 16
Republic of Ireland v Finland
Oscar Traynor Centre, Coolock (7.00pm).
Thursday, April 18
Republic of Ireland v Finland
Swords Celtic FC, Swords, Co Dublin (12 noon)
