Northern Eire captain and Birmingham Metropolis striker Simone Magill has introduced she is pregnant.
The 31-year-old shared the information along with her Birmingham team-mates on Wednesday and introduced it on social media alongside along with her husband, Mark.
“One thing tells me subsequent 12 months goes to be the perfect one but,” Magill posted on Instagram.
Magill is not going to function for Birmingham for the remainder of the season or for Northern Eire within the 2027 World Cup qualifiers, which start in March.
WSL2 membership Birmingham Metropolis say Magill will proceed “gentle coaching” with the group and that the membership’s medical and efficiency employees will assist her “all through her being pregnant and past”.
Amy Merricks, Magill’s head coach at Birmingham, stated she would “make an incredible mum or dad”.
“We’re trying ahead to supporting her on this journey by means of her being pregnant and as her child comes into the world, we’re excited to have a Bluenose child,” Merricks stated.
“We wish to preserve Si in and across the setting as a lot as potential.
“She needs to stay sharp and play a crucial half on this season and we’re trying ahead to supporting her along with her journey.”
Magill missed Northern Eire’s Nations League play-off defeat by Iceland on the finish of October and final performed for Birmingham in September due to a hip difficulty.
She gained the primary of her 95 NI caps as an adolescent in 2010 and was named captain by Tanya Oxtoby in October 2024.
Magill performed a key function in Northern Eire’s qualification for Euro 2022 – her nation’s first main event – however sustained a knee harm within the first match towards Norway.
