Our women will eventually have their own Italia ‘90, but until then we have McCabe’s corner goal and Australia 2023
Ireland could still do Australia and Canada a favour in this last match – as long as Nigeria don’t catch fire
As McCabe said, it’s been a journey for this team to get here. There was the low of not qualifying for the Euros and the unforgettable high of Amber Barrett scoring in Hampden Park days after the Creeslough tragedy, securing Ireland’s place in this, their first World Cup. It was in Perth, though, going up against the Olympic champions, that it really hit home. The rain bucketed down and the Irish filled the stands, a sea of green taking over Rectangular Stadium on a night where it could have been winter in Ireland. While Tallaght Stadium is always host to families and young children clamouring to see the players, this was a larger range, Irish expats of all ages turning out to see the girls in green.
“I think obviously coming into this tournament, we knew how tough it was gonna be with the level of opponent that we were gonna play,” said Megan Connolly in a pre-match press conference. “I think within the group we had that belief that we know that we can compete against the best teams and obviously we wanted to get out of the group. There’s no question about that. We wanted that, but, yes, coming away from this tournament we wanna come away with some points.
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