Get all your news in one place.
100's of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
Belfast Live
Belfast Live
Sport
Gareth Fullerton

JD Club NI squads named for challenge matches against US Youth Soccer touring sides

Some of Northern Ireland's brightest football talent are preparing for games against American opposition this weekend.

The JD Club NI players will take on touring sides from the United States in a mini-series of challenge matches.

The visitors have travelled from the US Youth Soccer organisation’s Olympic Development Programme.

They will take on Club NI’s 2005 (Under-14) and 2006 (U13) sides on Friday and Saturday.

The JD Club NI players will face two regional teams but they will not know who the opposition is until USYS assesses their four U14 squads which are currently in action at the Heart of Midlothian Invitational Tournament in Edinburgh.

One of the games will take place at Allen Park in Antrim this Friday, April 12 with a 7pm start.

Northern Ireland Under 16 development squad named for Bulgaria trip  

Two of the other U14 teams from America will also be in action on Friday – against Glentoran U14s and Dungannon Swifts U14s respectively.

Then on Saturday the top USYS regional team at the Hearts tournament will represent USA against Club NI’s U14s at Inver Park in Larne (2pm kick-off).

Here are the two 18-player NI panels for the games:

JD Club NI U13s v USYS Regional

Goalkeepers – Mason Munn (Glentoran), Ryan Kerr (Glentoran).

Defenders – Adhamh Patton (Dungannon Swifts), Lucas Miskimmin (Glentoran), Kai McCormick (Ballymena United), Killian McCandless (Glentoran), Liam Burns (Cliftonville).

Midfielders – Reece Lyttle (Glentoran), Cormac Austin (Cliftonville), Rhys Walsh (Glentoran), Fra Turley (Cliftonville), Matty Hughes (Dungannon Swifts), Calum Adams (Ballyclare Comrades).

Forwards – Jay McDowell (Portadown), Casey Smyth (Ridgeway Rovers), Aodhan Doherty (Cliftonville), Sam Anderson (Dungannon Swifts), Jay Harvey (Glentoran).

JD Club NI U14s v USA National

Goalkeepers - Matthew Williamson (Cliftonville), Dylan Braik (Glenavon).

Defenders – Daithi McCallion (Derry City), Ruairi McConville (Linfield), Conor Cunningham (Greenisland), Thomas Connolly (Linfield), Marc Davidson (Cliftonville).

Midfielders – Chris Cope (Cliftonville), Jack Patterson (Greenisland), Zach Cowan (Portadown), Caolan Donnelly (Cliftonville), Kenny Ximenes (Dungannon Swifts), Cormac McNally (Glenavon).

Forwards – Michael Morgan (Cliftonville), Luca Doherty (Bertie Peacock Youths, Coleraine), Ethan Sousa (Warrenpoint Town), Shea Brennan (Crusaders), Leon Boyd (Bertie Peacock Youths).

Keep up-to-date with all the very latest news, what's on, sport and everything else in Belfast and beyond with the Belfast Live app.

Only select news that interests you by picking the topics you want to display on the app's homepage. Plus, our enhanced user experience includes live blogs, video, interactive maps and slick picture galleries. Download it now and get involved.

Click here to get it from the App Store or here for Google Play .

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100's of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.