“Hopefully as we move forward, we're going to see a better and better U.S. “This team has not had time together,” said Andonovski, whose roster includes 14 World Cup debutantes. Rodman had another chance in the 82 nd minute when she came in alone on Dutch keeper Daphne van Domselaar, but she pushed that try wide of the far post. Read more: Lindsey Horan's header gives USWNT draw with Netherlands in World Cup group playīut once again they blew far too many chances, with Trinity Rodman holding the ball a beat too long on Morgan’s apparent go-ahead goal late in the second half, causing the score to be negated by an offside call. performance in its tournament-opening win over Vietnam, with the Americans outshooting the Netherlands 18-5 Roord’s goal was the only one the Dutch put on target. Thursday’s effort was an improvement over the U.S. “When she came in, she definitely elevated and added a little bit more threat.” “Rose brings flair to the game,” center back Julie Ertz said. The momentum began to swing at the start of the second half when Andonovski brought Lavelle on in place of Savannah DeMelo. “Normally I see her on television, but not playing next to her. “To play on the pitch with Alex Morgan is, like, unreal,” said the 19-year-old Brugts. But some of them were a little starstruck. “We are not afraid of the U.S.A.,” Andries Jonker said before the match. Those two games filled the Dutch with confidence. The teams also met in the quarterfinals of the Tokyo Olympics, playing to a draw before the Dutch were eliminated on penalty kicks. Thursday’s game was a replay of the 2019 World Cup final, won by the U.S. The Dutch have been getting close though. Only two players on the team were even alive the last time it happened, and both were wearing diapers then. So was another: the Netherlands hadn’t beaten the U.S. That was also the last time the U.S, the two-time defending champions, had lost in this tournament.īut with the Netherlands dominating possession and playing keep-away in the midfield, the Americans’ 18-game unbeaten streak was in danger. When Jill Roord scored in the 17th minute, the Dutch became the first team to lead the U.S. “She's a big player that steps up in big games.”įor the first hour, everything had gone the Netherlands’ way. She then went high to reach Lavelle’s in-swinging corner, deflecting it off defender Esmee Brugts and into the net in the 62 nd minute. “After the ref pulled Lindsay and Van de Donk aside, I felt like something was going to happen.”Īnd it did, with Horan losing her mark as she dashed through traffic for the near post. “We were feeling like it was coming,” Alex Morgan added. “We were like, ‘OK, now you’ve got to score,’” Sophia Smith said.

Horan’s teammates knew how she’d settle things. I mean, we just play football again after that.”

We just had a little talk and the referee came in between. “It was just a duel along the sideline that I won,” she said. Van de Donk thought it was much ado about nothing.

“I don't think you ever want to get me mad. “I got a little heated and she got to hear it,” Horan said. At first players tried to separate the two before Japanese referee Yoshimi Yamashita briefly paused the match for an attempt at peace talks. leads on goal differential, so if it beats Portugal and maintains any part of that two-score edge, it wins the group and will be rewarded with an easier path through the knockout rounds.Īfter the play along the sideline, a furious Horan sought out Van de Donk, her club teammate at Lyon, in the Dutch penalty area as the teams sent up for the corner kick. With the draw, the Americans and the Netherlands share the top spot in the group table with four points apiece. “And basically shows everyone the direction that the game is going to take.” “Instead of crying about it, she just goes and makes a statement,” U.S. in control of its own destiny heading into next week’s group-play finales.

Then moments later she got even, climbing gingerly off the turf and dunking on the whole Dutch team, heading in a Rose Lavelle corner kick at the near post to salvage a 1-1 tie and leave the U.S.

by a goal and seemingly in control of the group-play match, midfielder Danielle van de Donk laid out American captain Lindsey Horan with a vicious cross-body block along the touch line. The Netherlands was on its way to Women’s World Cup history Thursday when it made the biggest mistake of the tournament. forward Lindsey Horan celebrates after scoring in a 1-1 draw against the Netherlands at the Women's World Cup on Thursday.

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