Katie McCabe hopes to transfer stellar Arsenal form onto international stage

McCabe is Ireland’s in-form player, following up last season’s feat of finishing the joint-top assist maker by scoring in three successive games for Women’s Super League leaders Arsenal.

Katie McCabe

Ireland captain Katie McCabe plans to transfer her stellar form at Arsenal onto the international stage in Thursday’s World Cup qualification opener against Sweden.

The Scandinavians will arrive at Tallaght having come within a penalty shootout of winning the gold medal at the Olympics in July and taken a maximum six points from their opening pair of qualifiers against Slovakia (1-0) and Georgia (4-0).