Ronan names squad

Republic of Ireland women’s team boss Sue Ronan last night named her squad for the UEFA Euro 2013 Group 4 qualifier against Scotland.

Ireland lie second in their qualification group behind France, but with a game in hand. Scotland are two points further back in joint third. Ronan said: “This is an important game for us, we have an opportunity to take a huge step towards qualification if we can get a result in Edinburgh. Scotland were impressive in their first match winning 6-1 away to Israel and drew against a good Welsh team so we need to be on our game.

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND SQUAD: E Byrne (Arsenal); E Badana (Drexel College); Y Tracy (Arsenal); L Quinn (Peamount United); M Campbell (Raheny United); S Perry (Chelsea); MT McDonnell (Chicago Red Stars); G Murray (Peamount United); N Fahey (Arsenal); C Grant (Arsenal); M Curtin (Cork Women’s); J Ann Russell (Doncaster Belles); A O’Gorman (Doncaster Belles); F O’Sullivan (Soyaux ASJ); R Littlejohn (Liverpool); D O’Sullivan (Cork Women’s); S Smyth (Amazon Grimstad); M O’Brien (Chicago Red Eleven); D Caldwell (Avaldsnes).