On Tuesday alumni of Manchester United, Celtic and the Republic of Ireland gathered at Pairc Ui Chaoimh in Cork, Ireland, to play a tribute match in memory of former Ireland international Liam Miller, who passed away from cancer in February at the age of 36.

A capacity crowd of 45,000, including Ireland president Michael D. Higgins, filled the ground to honour Miller and raise money for Miller's family and various other charities. Miller's professional career spanned 16 years, with stops at...

The United States got a bit of a reality check in its 2-1 defeat to the Republic of Ireland. That isn't necessarily a bad thing.

Granted, there were reasons to be disappointed at the result. The U.S. actually took the lead in first-half stoppage time on a real poacher's goal from Bobby Wood. That the U.S. failed to build on that advantage, or at least manage the scoreline better is cause for a furrowed brow or two.

But in many ways, this match served its purpose, if for no other reason that to temper...

Ireland defeated the U.S. men's national team 2-1 at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin in an international friendly on Saturday.

Bobby Wood put the U.S. ahead just before halftime with an opportunistic goal, but Graeme Burke notched the equalizer for the home side in the 57th minute, touching home Darragh Lenihan's strike. Substitute Alan Judge then scored the game winner in the 90th minute to give the home side a dramatic victory.

Here are three thoughts from the match.

1. U.S. fades in second...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- Three points from Saturday's 0-0 playoff first leg between Denmark and the Republic of Ireland...

1. Ireland frustrate Danes to gain playoff advantage

Some games are never going to find themselves billed as "classics," and Saturday's clash between Denmark and the Republic of Ireland certainly lived down to expectations in Copenhagen. In the end, the dour 0-0 draw gives the Irish the edge in this World Cup play-off going into next Tuesday's return fixture in Dublin.

Having...

The sense of injustice still burns, eight years on, for Kevin Kilbane. The former Republic of Ireland midfielder insists he has moved on from the moment that Thierry Henry ended his, and his country's, hopes of a place at the 2010 World Cup with his infamous handball in Paris, but the bitterness remains.

"Football moves on and you have to move on," Kilbane told ESPN FC. "You go back to your club, get on with life and move on, but when you look back and reflect on your career, yeah, there is a sense...

There is a terrible beauty about Martin O'Neill's Ireland team. Though frequently terrible to watch, they have proved capable of pulling off beautiful results.

Monday's 1-0 victory in Cardiff "put a sword through the heart of the Welsh dragon," in the choice words of RTE commentator George Hamilton, and took Ireland into the World Cup playoffs. As Wales fans trudged tearfully away into the night, O'Neill and assistant Roy Keane took a leisurely, cheerful walk onto the Cardiff City Stadium pitch,...