INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY Republic of Ireland v China PR, Estadio Nuevo Mirador, 1pm (Irish time) TV Live coverage on the RTÉ News channel from 12:55pm ONLINE Live tracker on RTÉ.ie/sport and the RTÉ News app.
Updates and match footage on RTÉ Soccer Twitter and RTÉ Sport Facebook. WEATHER Temperatures are expected to reach highs of around 17 degrees in Cadiz with dry weather on the cards TIME TO BUILD MOMENTUM A first ever meeting between Ireland and China in what could be a historic year for the Girls in Green."We want people jumping on the bandwagon, we want our Walkinstown roundabout moment," as Peamount captain, and former Ireland international, Karen Duggan put it recently at the launch of the new WNL season.Indeed, might we look back in the future, with a bit of nostalgia, at the national side playing games in Tallaght, in much the same way that a crumbling early 1980s Dalymount Park is remembered by some nowadays from the time before the men's side hit it big, moved to Lansdowne Road, and never looked back.This could be the year, as Duggan hints, that women's soccer moves onto the next level.That's all to be decided.
For now, Vera Pauw and her players will be looking to spend as much time together as they can in order to work out the gameplans that will needed to get out of a tough group - alongside African Cup of Nations semi-finalists Nigeria, CONCACAF finalists Canada, and joint-hosts Australia - at the World Cup. NEW FACES They played a behind closed doors match with Germany last week, although the format encompassed three half-an-hour thirds, rather than two 45-minute halves.
It was designed to give both managers a decent look at as many players as possible, but it seems less likely that Pauw will chop and