NFL introduced on Tuesday that Pittsburgh Steelers and Minnesota Vikings will likely be prevented in Eire Sunday, September 28th.
It will likely be Steelers’s first journey over the seas for a recreation in 12 seasons. They confronted the Vikings in 2013 on the Wembley Stadium in London, shedding 34-27.
Steelers are supplied as the house group for the sport of week four and can play on the historian Croke Park. The sport will begin at 9:30 am, Jap time, 2:30 pm, native time in Eire.
The sport will likely be broadcast within the NFL community. NFL Sport Go on DAZN will transmit all 2025 worldwide video games in worldwide markets exterior the US, the sport may also ship NFL+.
“The chance for Pittsburgh Steelers to play in Eire is actually particular, not solely due to the historical past of the Rooney household, however as a result of it permits us to attach with Irish followers, providing followers touring from Pittsburgh and past a novel soccer expertise,” stated President Steeers, Artwork Rooney, II. “We’re happy to be a part of this historic occasion and to characterize Pittsburgh on a world stage.”
The Rooney household immigrated from Eire to america, and the late President Steelers, Dan Rooney, held america Ambassador in Eire in 2009-2012 and co-founded Eire’s funds in 1976.
The Ardour of the Rooney household for Eire and the need to all the time need to play a recreation from the common season on Irish soil, makes it much more particular to compete in a recreation there.
“We’re extremely delighted by this chance to play in Dublin for 2 very particular causes,” stated coach Steelers, Mike Tomlin. “To begin with, it’s an honor and privilege to characterize the sport of American soccer at worldwide stage and we are able to introduce it to a brand new set of followers. It’s a nice honor to play the sport we love and to have the ability to achieve this on international soil.
“Quantity two, I smile after I consider the late Nice Ambassador (Dan) Rooney and the way fired this recreation will likely be. I keep in mind when he was an envoy in Eire, he could have a fourth soccer recreation with Pavilion in July yearly.
Steelers have a historical past with Croke Park. They performed within the “American Bowl” there, in a pre -emptive recreation in opposition to Chicago Bears, in 1997, a recreation that Steelers gained. That is nonetheless the one NFL recreation ever performed on the island.