I'm an America-born Athlone Town attacker and my dad is doing his part to sell-out our Champions League match
And Kelly Brady is bidding to ensure that those that make it to their
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Brady won the Premier Division Player of the Month in April
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The 23-year-old currently leads the league golden boot race with 10 goals
The US-born former Ireland under-19 international has been a star performer for
Now, she is hoping to transfer her skills to a higher level, even if some of those at home are a little confused about what that might entail.
She said: 'I've gotten a few funny questions like, 'Oh are you guys going to be playing Chelsea or Arsenal?' No, obviously not.
'As a little kid, those are the teams that you want to one day go and play for. You're watching them at home.
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'Hopefully one day we work our way up, but it's great to be on a similar stage to those teams and those great, talented players.'
That ambition was fueled by watching
She said: 'We watched it at home surrounded by some teammates.
'I wanted Katie to bring it back home and also the buzz surrounding Katie as well,on social media Ireland was promoting it a lot. It was just great to watch her bring it home.'
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The 23-year-old has taken a job as a barista in a local café which has meant she is well aware about the excitement for what will be a record attendance for a women's match in the town as they hope to sell out the ground's seated capacity of 2,024.
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Most of those will be from the hinterland but there are some coming from further afield after her father put his hand in his pocket.
Brady explained: "My mom's father is from Kinvara, Galway and my dad is from Castleblayney in Monaghan.
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'My dad, and my family, has sponsored a bus to send down some girls from Blayney Rovers.
Just a small club in Castleblayney, to hopefully come down, the girls or whoever wants to watch the game, on a bus. I think there's a group of 60 of them going.
'And then family from Galway are making their own way down - not taking up spots on the bus though!"
That will help her feel even more at home with the only disappointment since moving here the realisation that she could not pursue a pastime she had taken up in New York.
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She said: 'I thought I'd be playing more Gaelic football but it's full-time soccer now. I played a little bit at home and I hoped to come here and play but I can't be risking any injury.
'As far as culture shocks, not really. I don't have a car so I've been walking everywhere and doing more public transportation stuff that I wouldn't be doing at home but I've been settling in nicely.'
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