International Career
McGlinchey played 2 games for Scotland at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup against Costa Rica and Nigeria.
In 2009 he took advantage of a FIFA Congress resolution which removed the age limit for changing associations for players who had already played for a country's national team at age group level and declared himself available for selection for the New Zealand All Whites and was then included by New Zealand manager Ricki Herbert in the squad to face Jordan on before the crucial World Cup play-off matches against Bahrain. He went on to make his New Zealand debut against Jordan on 9 September 2009.
McGlinchey played a pivotal role in the Inter-confederation play-off match against Bahrain in both the away leg in Ar Rifa` off the bench as a second-half substitute with his creative play and made the starting XI in the home fixture in Wellington which New Zealand went on to win 1–0 thanks to a first half goal from striker Rory Fallon.
On 10 May 2010, McGlinchey was named in New Zealand's final 23-man squad to compete at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
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