Everton have completed the signing of Ireland goalkeeper Courtney Brosnan on a one-year deal.The 25-year-old joins the Blues after spending two seasons with West Ham United where she left upon the expiry of her contract at the end of last season.
Brosnan becomes the sixth signing in what has been a busy summer for Willie Kirk’s side.
The new signing has made 16 appearances in the Barclays FA Women’s Super League and secured three clean sheets in six appearances last campaign.
The New Jersey-born goalkeeper spoke of her emotion regarding the latest move in her career.
“I’m really excited to be here and take this next step for in my career,” she told evertontv.
“The WSL is one of the top leagues in the world and I have really enjoyed being here for the past two years and I wanted to continue to play in this league.
“Everton is a great Club with a lot of ambition to reach the top of the league so I’m looking forward to working with the team.
“It’s amazing to be part of a Club that is continuing to grow and striving to be better to reach new heights.”
Brosnan joins the goalkeeper pack alongside Team GB Olympian Sandy MacIver and the Club’s new signing hopes the pair can push each other on to become better players.
“Sandy is a great goalkeeper,” she added. “I have seen her in the US system and in this league.
“She’s continued to do well and show herself in this top league.
“I’m looking forward to working with her and competing with her to push this Club to the best it can be.
“That’s the best part about the goalkeepers. You get to work with other amazing girls who have so much talent.
“I think that will be great for me. It will push me to be the best that I can be this year.”
Brosnan joins Kenza Dali, Toni Duggan, Anna Anvegård, Nathalie Björn and Leonie Maier as the Club’s new recruits this summer.
The Ireland international spoke about the “sales pitch” Manager Kirk and the Club made to convince her to make the move to Merseyside and outlined her goals for this season.
“Willie spoke a lot about how he wants the team to play and the goals that the team has,” she added.
“He’s really ambitious and wants to improve individual players as well as the Club as a whole.
“On an individual level, I just want to improve as much as I can and be the best player that I can be throughout this season.
“As a team, we just want to push as high as we can in the table.”
Manager Kirk reflected on another strong signing to add to his ambitious squad.
“She’s a really good acquisition for us, he told evertonfc.com.
“The idea behind signing Courtney is to have someone who is good enough to challenge Sandy but also someone who is young enough to continue to develop and I think we have managed to get both in Courtney.
“She’s been in England for two years now, so she knows the lie of the land and the standards of the Women’s Super League.
“She’s pushing hard to be Ireland’s number one and we’ll support her in that.
“Hopefully she can become Ireland’s number one as well as pushing to be Everton’s number one.”
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