Kyra Carusa made it two goals in as many games against Georgia, but while everyone was talking about her flick in Tbilisi, it was a backheel in the build-up to her Tallaght goal that caught the eye.
The striker made no mistake to double the Republic of Ireland's advantage in their 3-0 Euro 2025 play-off second leg victory, but Jessie Stapleton's assist was the highlight of the routine affair.
Anna Patten played a low pass to the edge of the area, which Stapleton sprinted on to, before flicking a perfect back heel pass into the path of Carusa.
"Class! Class!" was Carusa's assessment. "Everyone was looking around asking 'who flicked that ball?'. Stapo, I mean, it was big time. I had to put it away, it was too good of a ball to put me through."
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"I was just copying her for what she did for her goal on Friday," said Stapleton, on her first assist for Ireland.
Carusa was back in green after a period on the sidelines and she paid tribute to the medical staff at San Diego Wave and Ireland for getting her back on the pitch.
"It's a testament to the staff and people around me who helped me get to this point. It's been a long recovery. And our staff here making sure I was sharp and ready to go," said Carusa, who is desperate to make a second major finals appearance following on from last year's World Cup.
"It's the standard for us. We know this feeling. We have been in this position before and we are hungry for it. We want to put ourselves in the right position. It's our end game."
Another American-born player returning to the fold was Marissa Sheva, who having found the net in Tbilisi was relieved to see her early miss swept home by Julie-Ann Russell on the rebound.
"I was happy that Julie-Ann was there to finish it off, but I'll be seeing that one in my nightmares," said Sheva, who is determined to stay in Gleeson's plans ahead of next month's play-off final tie with Wales after being overlooked before this window.
"It's such a deep roster that you can't get upset with it. You have to keep working, you can't get complacent. It feels amazing to be back in and I'm going to do everything to stay in."
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