I haven't seen any mention of this so thought I'd bring it up. Kicks off tomorrow.
http://www.fifpro.org/fifpro_tournament
Here's the Irish squad:Quote:
Since 2005, each summer FIFPro organizes the FIFPro Tournament to help footballers without a contract find a new professional club. This year FIFPro organizes for the first time a FIFPro Winter Tournament with as participating countries Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Republic of Ireland. These teams will play each other on 14 January 2011 in Oslo, Norway. Clubs, scouts and technical directors are invited to see the participating players in action.
Coach: Liam Kelly (former forward St Patrick's Athletic, Shamrock Rovers and Shelbourne forward)
Goalkeepers:
Billy Brennan (UCD)
Aaron Shanahan (Longford Town)
Defenders:
Liam Burns (Dundalk)
Sean Kelly (Limerick FC)
Brian Gartland (Monaghan Utd)
Mark Rossiter (Bohemian FC)
Brian Shelley (Bohemian FC)
Aidan Price (Shamrock Rovers)
Shaun Kelly (Dundalk)
Midfielders:
Dean Marshall (Athlone Town)
Darren Meenan (Drogheda Utd)
Bobby Ryan (Limerick FC)
Stuart Byrne (St Patrick's Athletic)
Forwards:
Mark Leech (Shelbourne)
Eamon Zayed (Sporting Fingal)
Daryl Kavanagh (Waterford Utd)
Glen Fitzpatrick (Drogheda Utd)
Karl Moore (UCD)
It sounds like a good idea. It'd be nice to see some Irish lads getting a go in the Scandinavian leagues. Don't the PFAI do something similar at home?
