Holland in Ireland Squad - Ipswich Town News
Town skipper Matt Holland has been named in the Ireland squad to play Scotland at Lansdowne Road before travelling to face named for the matches against Mexico, USA and South Africa.
The Scotland match is on May 30 before the three-match tour of America for Nike Cup matches with Mexico in Chicago (June 4), USA in Boston (June 6) and South Africa in New Jersey (June 11).
Holland will be unavailable for the Scotland game should Town qualify for the play-off final.
Full squad: Alan Kelly (Blackburn), Shay Given (Newcastle), Dean Kiely (Charlton), Stephen Carr (Tottenham), Kenny Cunningham (Wimbledon), Gary Breen (Coventry), Richard Dunne (Everton), Peter Butler (Sunderland), Phil Babb (Liverpool), Matt Holland (Ipswich), Mark Kennedy (Man City), Mark Kinsella (Charlton), Jason McAteer (Blackburn), Kevin Kilbane (Sunderland), Damien Duff (Blackburn), Steve Finnan (Fulham), Graham Kavanagh (Stoke), Stephen McPhail (Leeds), Niall Quinn (Sunderland), Robbie Keane (Coventry) and Rory Delap (Derby).
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