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By Eimear Flanagan and Finn PurdyMore young girls in Northern Ireland will see a pathway to a career as a professional footballer thanks to the publicity around the Women's World Cup.
She adds mainstream coverage is so important to how girls view the sport and their personal prospects. So her first experience of their club was having to stand at the side of the pitch and watch her youngest brother play, even though she was nearly seven years older than him. "They can say: 'Well ok I can potentially become a footballer and it is an option for me', whereas maybe not so long ago it wasn't."In 2019, the IFA launched ambitions plans to boost female participation in football across Northern Ireland by publishing itsOne of its key targets was to double the number of registered female players over a five-year period.
It set up its first all-girls' youth team in October 2022 and now has more than 100 female players across all age groups, according to coach Emma Gordon.Ms Gordon is a Gaelic Athletic Association player who had no background in soccer coaching before she joined Ballynahinch Olympic.
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