The left-sided participant recounted a few of his household historical past which made being drafted into the Irish squad particular.
“My grandfather was a Dubliner who emigrated to the US in 1958, began a household within the US, and I used to be born in New York Metropolis.
“This was at all times a dream of mine, to signify this nation, to do it for my grandfather. We have a extremely sturdy Irish connection and roots.
“My dad has at all times been a proud descendant of an Irishman and he is at all times instilled these values in us.
“My dad and my mum are tremendous proud and I simply wish to do a job for them as a result of they've invested a lot in my profession course of.”
O'Toole's sister Jillian performs for Treaty United within the Irish Ladies's Premier Division and she is going to return to Eire to help her brother this week.
“My fiancee and my aunt will probably be making the journey over and my sister will probably be coming again as effectively – her season simply ended a few weeks in the past.
“I have been again [to Ireland] fairly a bit. My sister performs soccer in Limerick, so I used to be right here over the summer time watching a match of hers and simply at all times love my visits right here.
“My actual curiosity [in playing for the Republic of Ireland] began rising a few years in the past as I superior with New York Metropolis and have become a mainstay starter with the membership.
“That is when the chance rang a bell and the discussions began again in February, I had dialog over the cellphone with Heimir.
“He coached certainly one of my present membership team-mates at Jamaica beforehand so he contacted me and from there it was nearly discovering the correct second and it could not be a much bigger second for it, so [I'm] actually comfortable.”
