Irish forward Stephanie Roche joins the more renowned names of Robin van Persie and James Rodriguez in the last three contenders to win Fifa's goal of the year.
Roche's stunning strike was scored while playing for Peamount United against Wexford Youths, in a Women's National League match in Ireland. Her first goal of the 2013 season became an internet sensation with over three million views on YouTube.
The 25 year-old, who now plays in France for ASPTT Albi, has admitted that capturing her goal on film was very lucky as there are normally no cameras at Peamount games.
On the day the opposing team recorded the whole game and as a result of the wonder goal, the tape was left to Eileen Gleeson, Peamount's manager. It was up to her to personally edit the footage and post it to the biggest video-sharing site on the web.
Roche obviously has Wexford Youths and Eileen Gleeson to thank, but also the whole nation who have continued to vote for her goal since the chance initiated.
She will see her goal presented to the likes of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo at a glitzy ceremony in Zurich, where the winner will be announced on Jan 12.
In contrast, Roche's challengers scored their goals on the highest stage possible, at last summer's World Cup in Brazil, and they were seen by tens of millions of people. Manchester United striker Robin van Persie is nominated for his fantastic diving header for Holland against Spain, while James Rodriguez of Real Madrid is considered for his spectacular volley for Colombia in a win over Uruguay.
Neither of them would have needed YouTube to recognise their fabulous hits.
