INTERNATIONAL PRIDE
Le Tissier had loved success at England’s youth ranges however was eager to make the step up and break into the primary crew. She signed for United because the Lionesses have been en path to successful the UEFA Girls’s Euros in 2022 and spoke on the time about how a lot she was having fun with watching their journey, explaining “that’s the dream, I hope that in the future I can push ahead to the seniors.”
With common enjoying time being earned beneath Skinner, it wasn’t lengthy earlier than Sarina Wiegman, Lionesses head coach, gave Maya her debut towards Norway, in November 2022.
Our head of girls’s soccer, Polly Bancroft, praised the defender on the time, saying: “Maya’s enjoying week in, week out, so to have the ability to give her that profile and the actual fact she’s now competing at a better stage, as you say, it’s made her be in Sarina [Wiegman’s] thoughts and Sarina’s ideas to get her that first call-up.”
The 22-year-old has since gone on to star alongside her United team-mates, together with the likes of Mary Earps and Ella Toone, on two extra events.