Pittsburgh Steelers reportedly set to make the return to foreign nation during 2025 NFL season
The Pittsburgh Steelers might play in the Steel City, but their roots stem from Europe. A family in the Rooney's who's homeland is in the UK, green runs deep for the owners of the Black and Gold. And now, it looks like they will make their return: Steelers reportedly expected to play in Ireland in […]
The Pittsburgh Steelers might play in the Steel City, but their roots stem from Europe.
A family in the Rooney's who's homeland is in the UK, green runs deep for the owners of the Black and Gold.
And now, it looks like they will make their return:
Steelers reportedly expected to play in Ireland in 2025
The Steelers are expecting to play a regular season game in Ireland in 2025, their first international game in 12 years, according to team sources.
Gerry Dulac, Pittsburgh Post Gazette
The Steelers might be prepping for the Cincinnati Bengals on yet another short week, as they aim to close out the 2024 regular season on a high note, but the NFL is always one step ahead.
The 2025 regular season opponents and big games are expected to start coming out in a few weeks and the Steelers are expected to go back to Ireland for the first time in nearly 30 years.
Pittsburgh hasn't played in an international game in over a decade, with the last contest coming in a 2013 fixture in London.
But Pittsburgh already has history playing in the motherland of the Rooney's, winning a 30-17 preseason game over the Chicago Bears in the first NFL game played in Ireland during the 1997 preseason.
“The Rooney's immigrated from Ireland back in the 1800s,” Steelers owner and team president Art Rooney II said to Sky Sports back in September. “There’s a long history, a long connection. On my mother’s side, my grandparents came over back in the 1920s, so a lot of relatives are still over in Ireland. I go back and visit them from time to time, and of course, my father wound up being the Ambassador to Ireland for a while. A lot of deep connections for us over there…"
…Sometime over the next few years, we’re really looking forward to playing a game over in Dublin.”
