The 2019 FAI Women's Cup final, known as the 2019 Só Hotels FAI Women's Cup Final for sponsorship reasons, was the final match of the 2019 FAI Women's Cup, the national association football Cup of the Republic of Ireland. The match took place on 3 November 2019 at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. Peamount United and Wexford Youths contested the match.
The match was shown live on RTÉ2 and RTÉ2 HD in Ireland, and via the RTÉ Player worldwide with commentary from Ger Canning and Lisa Fallon. It was refereed by Sarah Dyas, assisted by Michelle O'Neill and Katie Hall with Emma Cleary as Fourth Official.
Underdogs Wexford Youths won the Cup to retain the trophy they won for a second time in 2018. League champions Peamount United were unable to emulate their only previous Cup win in 2010 and were denied a "double".
Match Summary Wexford Youths took the lead after three minutes, when Lauren Kelly dribbled through the Peamount defence and shot low past a surprised Niamh Reid Burke. Karen Duggan scored a long-range equaliser for Peamount on 32 minutes, only for Kelly to reinstate Wexford's lead two minutes later.
Seven minutes into the second half, Eleanor Ryan-Doyle brought the score back to 2–2 with another long range-goal from outside the penalty area. Wexford captain Kylie Murphy scored what proved to be the winning goal on 64 minutes, when she was assisted by Rianna Jarrett and curled a composed shot past Reid Burke from 12 yards (11m).
Details
GK 23 Niamh Reid BurkeRB 2 Lauryn O'Callaghan CB 14 Claire WalshCB 4 Louise CorriganLB17 Dearbháile Beirne DM 6 Lucy McCartan DM 16 Karen DugganRW7 Áine O'Gorman (c)AM 8 Niamh FarrellyLW 7 Megan Smyth-LynchFW 10 Eleanor Ryan-DoyleSubstitutions:GK 1 Naoisha McAloon FW 20 Naima Chemaou DF 13 Niamh Barnes MF 12 Louise MastersonMF 5 Chloe MoloneyDF 3 Lauren KealyDF 22 Fiona OwensManager: James O'Callaghan GK 18 Ciamh Dolland RB 11 Lynn Craven CB 16 Nicola Sinnott CB 5 Lauren Dwyer LB 3 Orlaith Conlan RM 15 Aisling Frawley CM 6 Kylie Murphy (c)CM 8 Edel KennedyLM12 Ciara Rossiter FW 9 Lauren KellyFW 19 Rianna Jarrett Substitutions:GK 21 Maeve WilliamsMF 4 Aoife Slattery FW 14 Vanessa Ogbonna MF 7 Becky Cassin DF 10 McKenna Davidson MF 17 Fiona Ryan MF 23 Blessing Kingsley Manager: Tom Elmes
Match officials Assistant referees: Michelle O'Neill Katie Hall Fourth official: Emma ClearyMatch rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores level. Seven substitutes named. Maximum of five substitutions.
References
External links RTÉ's full match coverage on RTÉ Player