By Chris Wright
We’re a little late on the uptake here so humble apologies where due, but the US Womens’ side beat the Republic of Ireland 3-0 in a pre-World Cup warm-up game in San Jose on Sunday afternoon.
Just when it looked like Ireland were going to make it to the interval with a clean sheet the US struck two minutes before half-time following a disastrous string of events.
In the 43rd minute, Ireland defender Ruesha Littlejohn’s attempted clearance belted teammate Meabh De Burca square in the face and, as goalkeeper Niamh Reid-Burke momentarily paused to check on her poleaxed friend, Abby Wambach popped up to ruthlessly slot the ball into the largely vacated net…
Those cold, unfeeling Yankee bastards!
If anything, Reid-Burke was only guilty of caring too much.