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Belfast Telegraph
4 days ago
- Sport
- Belfast Telegraph
Sienna Evans follows in footsteps of famous Father and Uncle at SuperCupNI: ‘I love playing for Manchester United'
The name Evans is written into the history of Northern Ireland football as well as Manchester United and a new generation may now take that into the future. With a father who won 69 caps and an uncle who retired as an international centurion and a three-time Premier League winner there is no doubt that Sienna Evans has the game in her genes. 'I started playing football at seven and then stopped for a couple of years,' said Sienna. 'When I came back into it I went to a local club and then then I got signed to United.' If there any extra expectation on Sienna because her father Corry and uncle Jonny both started off at Old Trafford and went on to make it all the way in the game the pressure comes more from the badge on the front of her shirt than the name on the back. 'It's good being at a club like Manchester United. It's a bit pressuring because you've got to hold United up,' she said. For dad Corry coming back to watch his daughter playing in the SuperCup NI is a real homecoming as the Girls Junior tournament is being played in the same area that he grew up before the family moved to Manchester. 'It's a really proud moment for myself and my family to have her playing. I'm really excited,' said Corry. 'The girls are playing in Newtownabbey to it's close to home for us. Rathcoole, Monkstown and Chimney Corner. She's got a lot of fans coming from the family members and we're all looking forward to it.' Being at the opening parade and looking around the Coleraine Showgrounds also brought memories flooding back for Corry, who is currently pondering what the future holds for him after helping Oldham Athletic earn promotion back into the Football League, of his SuperCup experiences both good and painful – literally. Lifting the Elite Tournament trophy after Northern Ireland beat Denmark in the 2009 Final was a special moment and significant too for a group that included Josh Magennis, Conor McLaughin, Oliver Norwood, who all went on to play at the Euro 2016 Finals. 'I was a bit unfortunate, I moved away when I was meant to play for County Antrim and missed that one,' he recalled. 'I was meant to come back with Manchester United, my knee swelled up the day before and the physios ruled me out. 'I remember going home and crying eyes out because it was a dream to play in the tournament and I was coming home to play. I was captain as well that year. 'I had two unlucky times and then finally I got to play with Northern Ireland and we won the Elite tournament. We beat Denmark in the Final, which was great. 'It was important because it was the first bit of success that we had as that group and that group came through together and went on to be a part of 2016.' So can we expect to see Sienna go all the way and emulate the famous members of her family in the future? 'She's got ability, but that's only half of it,' said Corry. 'You need stick-ability and a mentality and determination to keep going. 'She's really looking forward to the tournament. She's excited for it and I've been telling her all the stories about how I used to come up and watch all the games when I was younger. It's part of our tradition as a family to come and watch the tournament.' Manchester United first face Larne on Monday, then FC United from the USA on Tuesday before meeting Crusaders in their final group game on Wednesday.
CBC
21-07-2025
- Sport
- CBC
#TheMoment a teen golfer became Canada's 1st U.S. Girls' Junior champion
Aphrodite Deng, 15, tells The National about the moment she became the first Canadian to win the U.S. Girls' Junior Golf Championship at Atlanta Athletic Club.
