England head coach Phil Neville (centre) talks to the players after the final whistle. Richard Sellers/PA Wire.

England's dramatic defeat to the USA in the Women's World Cup semi-finals on Tuesday was watched by an average 220,000 people on Irish television

A peak audience of 315,000 tuned in to watch the match, which was screened live on RTE TWO, according to figures released by the national broadcaster.

England lost 2-1 to the United States in Lyon after a tense second half in which they missed a penalty and had a goal disallowed in a marginal VAR offside decision.

One in five people watching television at the time were tuned into the game.

The semi-final was watched by the biggest TV viewing audience of the year so far in Britain with a peak audience of 11.7million tuning into BBC.

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