Under 17 Women

The Republic of Ireland women's U17 side were defeated 2-1 by a strong Japanese side in the FIFA Women's U17 World Cup quarter-final in Trinidad on Friday night. Ireland's World Cup hopes were dented in the 34th minute when Canadian referee, Michelle Pye gifted a penalty to Japan as Maomoto duly converted but Ireland hit back in the 53rd minute through Denise O'Sullivan who was in sensational form for the Irish throughout. However, Japan's top goal scorer, Yokohama was on-hand in the 67th minute to score a marvelous goal to send Japan through to the World Cup semi-final as Ireland face the long journey home after a tremendous World Cup campaign which they can be incredibly proud of.

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The Republic of Ireland women's U17 side take on Japan in the FIFA Women's World Cup quarter-final in Trinidad, tomorrow (Friday) at 12 midnight. The game will be streamed live by RTE.ie and will also be shown live on Eurosport while there will also be live text commentary available on FAI.ie.

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The Republic of Ireland women's U17 side take on Japan in the FIFA Women's World Cup quarter-final in Trinidad, tonight at 12 midnight. The game will be streamed live by RTE.ie and will also be shown live on Eurosport 2.

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Ireland play Japan in the FIFA World Cup quarter final in Trinidad on Friday, September 17 at midnight (Irish time.) You can see all of the action live on www.rte.ie and Eurosport while there will also be a live text commentary right here on www.FAI.ie.

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