The Republic of Ireland Women’s National Team were beaten 3-0 by World No.2 USA in a friendly international at the Avaya Stadium in San Jose yesterday.

Dominance in sport can appear to be easy to achieve, but Peamount United can attest that maintaining that grip on success is not so straightforward.

Republic of Ireland 2 England 0: First-half goals from Eleanor Ryan-Doyle and Saoirse Noonan got the Republic of Ireland off to a winning start in the elite qualifying round of the UEFA Women’s U17 Championships at Turner’s Cross last night.

A passion for the game, a natural talent with a football and a determination as a young girl to succeed in a boys’ world all helped lead up to the moment of magic which has seen Stephanie Roche nominated for Fifa’s 2014 Goal Of The Year.

Unlike her rivals for the Fifa Puskás Award, James Rodriguez and Robin van Persie, Ireland’s Stephanie Roche will be taking the rocky road to Zurich for the prize-giving ceremony on Monday week.

Ireland’s Stephanie Roche talks to our reporter Shaun Cronin about how she got into football, life with her new team in France, her and about THAT goal.

UCD Waves 1 Raheny United 2 (AET)

Slovakia 0 Republic of Ireland 1

Republic of Ireland 2 Slovenia 0

Republic of Ireland 0 Netherlands 4

Check out the 18 brilliant young women making Irish soccer history with a UEFA Women's Under-19

Republic of Ireland 2 Sweden 1

Football success has visited the McCabe household over many years but Katie has designs on taking it to the European pinnacle with Ireland’s U19 women’s team.

Clare Shine has been tipped for football greatness since Noel King included her in his World Cup squad at just 15, but the Cork native was close to missing tonight’s U19 Uefa finals opener against Spain in Oslo (6pm Irish time).

Ireland 1 Russia 3

Ireland 1 Russia 3

Peamount United and Ireland international winger Julie-Ann Russell was named the Bus Éireann Women’s National League Player of the Year at an awards presentation at Aviva Stadium yesterday.

Raheny United 3 Castlebar Celtic 2 aet

Raheny United 2 Peamount United 1

Raheny United 2 Peamount United 1

Republic of Ireland’s Denise O’Sullivan believes the rapid evolution of the Bus Éireann FAI Women’s National League is illustrated by the presence of seven players in Sue Ronan’s squad for their Uefa Women’s Euro 2013 Group 4 Qualifiers away to France and Israel.

Ireland’s U-19 women crashed out of the European Championships qualification hunt yesterday in Serbia following their second defeat in three days.

Ireland’s poor record at reaching for the Under-17 European Championship finals continues after this season’s contingent were eliminated on Saturday with a game to spare.

Republic of Ireland women’s team boss Sue Ronan last night named her squad for the UEFA Euro 2013 Group 4 qualifier against Scotland.

Ireland’s U17 girls were not giving up their Euro dream last night despite suffering a crushing defeat to France in their opening UEFA Elite Stage qualifier in Oslo yesterday.

Raheny United have usurped Peamount United at the summit of the Bus Éireann FAI Women’s National League with a 2-0 win at Greenogue yesterday afternoon.

PEAMOUNT UNITED are two points clear at the summit of the Bus Éireann FAI Women’s National League following a 3-2 victory over Cork Women’s FC at Greenogue yesterday.

Raheny United today went top of the Bus Éireann National Women’s League with a 4-1 victory over Dublin rivals Peamount United.

Peamount United continued their impressive start to the Bus Éireann Women’s National League with an astonishing 7-0 victory over Wexford.

HISTORY will be made tomorrow when the Bus Éireann FAI Women’s National League kicks-off.

ONE league closes and another one opens. As the men of the Airtricity League prepare to leave the stage for another season, enter the women of the Bus Éireann National League.

Republic of Ireland women’s senior international manager, Noel King has announced a 21-strong squad to face Iceland in the UEFA EURO 2009 women’s championship play-off on 26th and 30th October.

Ireland have beaten Romania in their vital UEFA Women’s Championship, Group 2 Qualifier at Richmond Park today.

Republic of Ireland 1 Italy 2

Republic of Ireland Women's team manager Noel King has added defender Grace Murray (Dundalk City) and goalkeeper Catriona Connolly (Sligo IT) to his squad for Sunday’s UEFA Championship Qualification opener against Hungary at Tolka Park, kick-off 3pm.