Ireland v Brazil - U17 World Cup - Girls

[Paddy Garcia]

http://www.fifa.com/u17womensworldcup/livecoverage/index.html Stream

4 mins & 1 nil down!!

[Paddy Garcia]

Anyway found someone to replace McShane.

[elroy]

EDIT: Still one nil

[Paddy Garcia]

OMG what a save - & a replacement for Given

(joking this time but a brilliant save nonetheless)

[Paddy Garcia]

no still 0-1

[DannyInvincible]

Just been watching a bit of this. That save was indeed fantastic. The girl taking the throw-ins gets great length on them. Could prove quite dangerous. We're not actually doing too badly.

[Paddy Garcia]

Agree - very gutsy performance.

[Paddy Garcia]

Think we might tire in the heat 2nd half.

[Paddy Garcia]

Brilliant goal

1-1

[tetsujin1979]

Cracking equaliser

[DannyInvincible]

Fantastic goal!

[Sullivinho]

G'wan Siobhan. Brilliant strike.

[tetsujin1979]

Brazil back in front, lovely dipping shot from just inside the area

[Sullivinho]

I suspect these Brazilian gals have a few gears in 'em if necessary.

[Mr_Parker]

http://www.acorn-online.com/joomla15/lewisboroledger/sports/69331-boyd-playing-for-ireland-at-u-17-world-cup.html

[Closed Account]

Her grandparents are from Northern Ireland, which is a part of The United Kingdom. The Republic of Ireland, however, does not recognize Northern Ireland and offered Zoe a spot on its team.
Not quite as Black and White as that. But I laughed.
So an American/English dual citizen with Northern Irish grandparents qualifies for us now. Great stuff.

[dr_peepee]

Somewhere, Ealingreen had just spit his tea out through his nose!!!

[geysir]

'But just as things were shaping up for Zoe, she found herself in limbo. The Irish Football Association, the governing body for football in Northern Ireland, lodged a protest with FIFA to prevent the Republic of Ireland from selecting Northern Irish-born players who had no blood link to the Republic.

Zoe was suspended as the protest awaited a ruling. This spring, the Court of Arbitration for Sport, an international arbitration body set up to settle disputes related to sport, ruled against the Northern Ireland complaint.'
:shock:
That was a really heartless cynical (but ultimately fruitless) ploy by the IFA:clown: to deprive this young girl of an appearance at the WC finals.

[Mr_Parker]

Somewhere, Ealingreen had just spit his tea out through his nose!!! You read my mind as I posted it.

:D