United States’ Lindsey Horan celebrates her group’s first objective through the Girls’s World Cup Group E soccer match between the US and the Netherlands in Wellington, New Zealand, Thursday, July 27, 2023. Alysa Rubin/The Related Press
By ANNE M. PETERSON, Related Press
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Lindsey Horan, indignant over being knocked down minutes earlier by Danielle Van de Donk, scored a revenge objective minutes later within the second half Thursday to assist the US squeeze out a 1-1 draw with the Netherlands on the Girls’s World Cup.
The Dutch struck first with a objective from Jill Roord within the first-half to shock the People, who remained unbeaten in 19 consecutive matches with Horan’s second-half rating.
Horan’s objective on a header off a nook kick within the 62nd minute adopted a number of minutes of jawing between the 2 groups: Horan was indignant after she was knocked off her toes and even cursed within the course of Van de Donk — her teammate for membership group Lyon.
The People tried to calm Horan, who responded along with her twenty ninth worldwide objective, fourth within the World Cup, and second consecutive on this event.
Earlier than the ball even crossed the objective line, Horan’s expression confirmed she know she was on the right track.
With the draw, neither group secured a spot within the knockout spherical but with one group match remaining. Each the People and the Dutch sit atop the Group E standings with a win and a draw, however the U.S. has the sting for the lead with extra objectives.
The sport was a rematch of the 2019 Girls’s World Cup last, a 2-0 win for the People in a sport performed in Lyon, France. It was the People’ second straight trophy within the event, and fourth total.
Roord’s strike from atop the field went although Horan’s legs to place the Dutch forward within the seventeenth minute.
Dominique Janssen had a very good likelihood from distance within the twenty ninth minute, however U.S. goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher jumped for it and the ball skirted above the crossbar and into the netting.
Horan’s header off a cross within the thirty sixth minute went vast left because the tempo grew to become extra frenzied with halftime looming.
Rose Lavelle, who was hampered by a knee damage within the run-up to the World Cup, was subbed in for the US on the half. Lavelle scored one of many objectives within the World Cup last 4 years in the past, changed Savannah DeMelo.
The Netherlands went into halftime with that single objective lead. It was simply the sixth time the US had trailed on the half in 52 World Cup matches, and first time since trailing Sweden on the break within the opening spherical in 2011.
Skies had been sunny however temperatures had been within the 50s in New Zealand’s capital metropolis of Wellington, and there was a stiff breeze for the match. The gang was introduced at 27,312.
The People, vying for a file third consecutive World Cup title, defeated Vietnam 3-0 of their event opener. Sophia Smith scored a pair of objectives and Horan added the opposite.
U.S. coach Vlatko Andonovski used the identical lineup for the Dutch that he used in opposition to Vietnam. He’s turned to Julie Ertz, usually a midfielder, to play at middle again within the absence of veteran Becky Sauerbrunn, who injured her foot and was not in a position to play within the World Cup.
The Dutch had been with out ahead Lineth Beerensteyn, who was harm early in her group’s 1-0 victory over Portugal to open the event. Katja Snoeijs changed her within the beginning lineup in opposition to the US. .
The Dutch was additionally lacking main scorer Vivianne Miedema, who ruptured her ACL whereas taking part in for Arsenal in December. She has 95 profession objectives for the Dutch.
America was undefeated in all however one among its conferences with the Dutch — the primary sport in 1991.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with the group at their resort on the eve of the match and was on the sport. Blinken was in Wellington for a proper bilateral assembly with New Zealand Minister of Overseas Affairs Nanaia Mahuta, and he may even meet with Prime Minister Chris Hipkins.
The highest finisher in Group opens the knockout spherical in Sydney in opposition to the second-place finisher in Group G, which incorporates Sweden, South Africa, Italy and Argentina.
The second-place finisher heads to Melbourne in opposition to the highest Group G group.
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