If they were men the nation would be holding its breath tonight. They are not but we should still be as the Republic of Ireland International Soccer Team heads to the Netherlands off the back of a 100 percent start to their World Cup qualifying campaign.
The stadium in Nijmegen will be a 12,000 sell out as the top two teams in the group so far go head to head.
The game will be televised live in Ireland on eir Sport with a 7 pm kickoff.
Ireland are missing a number of key players including Megan Campbell, Aine O’Gorman and Stephanie Roche to injury but they still travel with confidence as this interview on FAI.ie with defender Harriet Scott shows.
The Netherlands are the reigning European Champions, fresh from a successful hosting of the Euros. This is Ireland playing on the biggest stage of European qualifying. We should be watching.
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