Stuart Dallas officially opened the SuperCupNI for 2024 on Sunday night at the Coleraine Showgrounds.
The teams participating in this year's competition paraded around Coleraine town centre before being announced to the crowd in attendance.
Once all the teams had been introduced, the former Northern Ireland international took to the stage to officially commence the tournament he had played in four times.
Dallas is one of many professional players to have featured in the SuperCupNI, formerly the Milk Cup.
The likes of Trent Alexander-Arnold, Marcus Rashford, Ross Barkley, and Kobbie Mainoo represented English clubs in the competition, while the likes of Georgino Wijnaldum, Giorgi Kvilitaia, and 2024 European Championship winner Martin Zubimendi represented European clubs in the tournament.
The former Leeds United player retired this summer due to injury, but his career began with notoriety in the Milk Cup, playing for County Tyrone four times.
The 33-year-old worked his way up from the Irish League to the Premier League, starting with Coagh United before moving to Crusaders. Following a successful two years in Belfast, Dallas moved to London to play for Brentford before joining Leeds, where he would be imperative to the success of the club under Marcelo Bielsa and their return to the Premier League.
But the 2020–21 Leeds United player of the season has fond memories of his time in Northern Ireland and Coleraine, as he scored his first professional goal in the Showgrounds.
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