Portlaoise AFC U-14 manager Dave McCall ahead of historic FAI Cup final appearance

<p>A big occasion for female sport in Laois this weekend lends itself to a special episode of the LaoisToday Talking Sport Podcast. </p> <p>The Portlaoise AFC U-14 girls soccer team are in the national FAI Cup final this coming Sunday. </p> <p>It's an historic occasion as it's the first time a team from the club will play in a national final. Indeed it's the first time in 20 years that a team from the Midlands league has reached a national final.</p> <p>Even more impressive is that it comes less than seven years after Portlaoise AFC fielded a girls team for the first time ever. </p> <p>Getting to this final is no mean achievement given that hundreds of clubs at the start of the competition has now been whittled down to just two. </p> <p>After beating Shelbourne in the semi-final, Portlaoise now play Greystones in the final this Sunday in the AUL Complex in Dublin. </p> <p>And ahead of that game, Shane Keegan, Portlaoise's first team coach and a former manager at Wexford Youths, Galway Utd and Dundalk, sat down with Portlaoise U-14 manager Dave McCall.</p>