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Stephanie Roche "delighted" by White House invitation for St Patrick's Day

Stephanie Roche has been invited to The White House to celebrate St Patrick's Day. The Puskas Goa...
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08.34 1 Mar 2015


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Stephanie Roche "delighted" by White House invitation for St Patrick's Day

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08.34 1 Mar 2015


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Stephanie Roche has been invited to The White House to celebrate St Patrick's Day.

The Puskas Goal of the Year runner-up has received a formal invite to meet the US President Barack Obama for the annual gathering on March 17th.

She said on Twitter that she was "absolutely delighted" by the invite.

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The Irish women's senior international missed out on the FIFA award at the Ballon D'Or ceremony last month.

Instead, the Goal of the Year prize went to Colombia's James Rodriguez for his World Cup strike against Uruguay.

The Real Madrid midfielder got 42% of the votes, while Roche finished second on 33%. Manchester United's Robin van Persie finished third.

Roche also makes the move to her new club Houston Dash later this month.

She signed a two-year deal with the National Women's Soccer League – the highest level of football in America.


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