{"id":334338,"date":"2026-03-07T20:35:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T20:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/334338\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T20:35:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T20:35:08","slug":"womens-world-cup-qualifying-republic-of-ireland-face-the-netherlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/334338\/","title":{"rendered":"Women&#8217;s World Cup qualifying: Republic of Ireland face the Netherlands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Team newspublished at 19:42 GMT<\/p>\n<p>19:42 GMT<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-w0w395-Paragraph e14e9ror4\">Netherlands v Republic of Ireland (19:45 GMT)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Republic of Ireland manager Carla Ward faces a major tactical test in tonight\u2019s World Cup qualifier against the Netherlands at the Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The headline news is the significant absence of Denise O\u2019Sullivan; the Liverpool midfielder has returned to Merseyside for specialist consultation after suffering MCL damage during Tuesday\u2019s narrow defeat to France.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Lucy Quinn is the player tasked with stepping into the engine room, joining Megan Connolly and Marissa Sheva in midfield. This is the sole change from the side that started in Tallaght.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Captain Katie McCabe has been declared &#8220;100% fit&#8221; after shaking off a knock, though she enters tonight\u2019s game walking a yellow card tightrope.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Up front, Emily Murphy and Kyra Carusa lead the line against a Dutch side that has refreshed their own lineup with three changes following a frustrating draw with Poland. Aston Villa defender Lynn Wilms, Brighton&#8217;s Marisa Olislagers and PSG attacker Romee Leuchter all come in as Kerstin Casparij, Caitlin Dijkstra and Esmee Brugts drop to the bench.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Netherlands: Lize Kop; Lynn Wilms, Dominique Janssen (capt), Veerle Buurman, Marisa Olislagers; Damaris Egurrola, Vivianne Miedema, Wieke Kaptein; Jill Roord, Lineth Beerensteyn; Romee Leuchter<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Reublic of Ireland: Courtney Brosnan; Aoife Mannion, Anna Patten, Caitlin Hayes, Chloe Mustaki, Katie McCabe (capt); Megan Connolly, Lucy Quinn, Marissa Sheva; Emily Murphy; Kyra Carusa<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Referee: Frida Klarlund (Denmark)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Team newspublished at 19:42 GMT 19:42 GMT Netherlands v Republic of Ireland (19:45 GMT) Republic of Ireland manager&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":334339,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-334338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=334338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/334339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}