{"id":2377,"date":"2026-06-10T07:51:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T07:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/?p=2377"},"modified":"2026-06-10T07:51:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T07:51:24","slug":"scotland-living-dream-thanks-to-humble-superstar-caroline-weir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/?p=2377","title":{"rendered":"Scotland ‘living dream’ thanks to ‘humble’ superstar Caroline Weir"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Wherever she will be playing her club football next season, Weir will also now have her eyes on October and those hazardous World Cup play-offs.<\/p>\n

As the third best League B winner behind Switzerland and Portugal, and ahead of Wales on goal difference, Scotland are ranked 19th going into the play-off draw on 24 June.<\/p>\n

It means they avoid Poland, Serbia, Slovenia and Ukraine, who finished bottom of their League A groups and instead will face one of the League B runners-up or third-placed teams – that means Albania, Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland, Israel, Northern Ireland,<\/a> Slovakia or Turkey.<\/p>\n

Win that two-legged play-off in October and they still have another one to traverse to reach the finals in Brazil – likely to be against one of the League A runners-up or third-placed sides.<\/p>\n

England and Republic of Ireland<\/a> are among the sides who will be favourites to progress against Group C winners.<\/p>\n

That is a long way off and, although Weir would “kind of want to play them right now”, she hopes it means Cuthbert has enough time to make her return.<\/p>\n

“It is a massive loss for us,” she said. “She’s such an integral player in the squad, not only on the pitch but off the pitch. She’s such a talent and such a leader.<\/p>\n

“So we missed her tonight. We’ll be hoping her rehab goes well and she’ll be back, hopefully, come the play-offs.”<\/p>\n

Weir, though, was “really proud of the team” in Cuthbert’s absence.<\/p>\n

“Not just how we’re scoring goals, but the ruthlessness, the mindset, the professionalism of the whole squad,” she said.<\/p>\n

As her head coach pointed out, after a tense finale, they fully deserve to be able to “draw a breath” while adding: “You’ve got to have a vision and you’ve got to have a dream and we’re living it.” <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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