What time and channel is Ireland's friendly against the USA on Sunday?
Ireland are back in action against the USA on Sunday - fresh from the heavy 4-0 defeat to the same opposition in the early hours of Friday morning.
The two games provide head coach Carla Ward with one last opportunity to put her players through the paces ahead of the Nations League play-off against Belgium in October.
The Girls in Green will take on Belgium home and away, with the winner securing League A status for the World Cup qualifiers. For the losers, it's the second tier.
Ireland slumped to a heavy defeat against the US in Colorado, with the goals coming from Avery Patterson, Sam Coffey, Rose Lavelle and Alyssa Thompson.
On Sunday night they face the USA again, this time in Cincinnati.
Here are the details ahead of that clash:
You won't have to be a night owl to watch this one, unlike the first game, which took place in the early hours of Friday morning. Kick-off is at 8pm Irish time.
Having played first in Colorado, Carla Ward's side have travelled 2,000km east to Cincinnati and the TQL Stadium.
The first game was only streamed on RTÉ Player, however this time you have the option to watch it on terrestrial TV, with RTÉ2 broadcasting live.
Ward will have to do without Megan Campbell (ankle) and Denise O'Sullivan (knee), but she has added Erin McLaughlin to the squad.
Referee Janeishka Caban hails from Puerto Rico, while her assistants are Mijensa Rensch (Suriname) and Katherine Prescod (Panama). The fourth official, Melinda Homa, is from the USA.
The USA have won all 16 previous meetings between these two teams, scoring 55 goals and conceding just one. US-born Michelle O'Brien is the only ever Irish goalscorer in these fixtures.
Sept 1999: USA 5-0 Ireland (Foxboro Stadium, Massachusetts)
June 2003: USA 5-0 Ireland Rice-Eccles Stadium, Utah)
Oct 2004: USA 5-1 Ireland (Solider Field, Illinois)
Oct 2004: USA 5-0 Ireland (Reliant Stadium, Texas)
July 2006: USA 5-0 Ireland (Torero Stadium, California)
Sept 2008: USA 2-0 Ireland (Lincoln Financial Field, Pennsylvania)
Sept 2008: USA 1-0 Ireland (Giants Stadium, New Jersey)
Sept 2008: USA 2-0 Ireland (Toyota Park, Illinois)
Nov 2012: USA 5-0 Ireland (Jeld-Wen Field, Oregon)
Dec 2012: USA 2-0 Ireland (University of Phoenix Stadium, Arizona)
May 2015: USA 3-0 Ireland (Avaya Stadium, California)
Jan 2016: USA 5-0 Ireland (Qualcomm Stadium, California)
Aug 2019: USA 3-0 Ireland (Rose Bowl, California)
Apr 2023: USA 2-0 Ireland (Q2 Stadium, Texas)
Apr 2023: USA 1-0 Ireland (CITYPARK, Missouri)
June 2025: USA 4-0 Ireland (Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Colorado)
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