The Republic of Ireland came up just short in their bid to qualify automatically for next year's World Cup in Brazil.
Carla Ward's side were beaten 1-0 by France - a spectacular goal from Manchester United's Melvine Malard proved the difference in Grenoble.
The head coach believes that narrowly losing out to the team ranked 6th in the world shows how far Ireland have come this campaign:
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Ireland now go into the playoffs later this year, and will find out their opponents next Thursday.
