🏐⚽️🔥 Wahine FIFA Update: Lindsey Horan Show ‘Em Wit One Mad Kine Goal Fo’ U.S.
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Lindsey Horan was still one crumpled heap on top da field 🏟️ when she wen decide, no mo’ already.
No mo’ gettin’ kicked around by da players from da Netherlands. No mo’ letting da Dutch run da game. No mo’ watching da United States wahine team, da two-time world champions 🏆, not playing any less den deir best at dis Women’s World Cup ⚽🌍.
Horan and her team was one hour into one mean kine match against da Netherlands 🇳🇱. Had all kine elbow jabs and heavy shoves, and dey was losing by one goal. Now Horan, one U.S. 🇺🇸 co-captain, had just got one mean hip check by one Netherlands player, Danielle van de Donk. So, aftah few minutes with da medical guys 👩⚕️, and one talk story time with da referee for shoving van de Donk, Horan wen do exactly what her teammate Julie Ertz had just whispered to her.
Ertz had said fo’ score da goal from da corner kick from Rose Lavelle, just fo’ shut everybody up. 🤫🤐
And dass exactly what she wen do. As Rose Lavelle’s corner kick wen zip into da penalty box, Horan wen dash to da spot where da ball was going be. She called da pass from Lavelle “one real kine gem 💎.” She wen jump meet da ball, snap her head, and send da ball straight into da goal. ⚽🥅
“Usually no good fo’ make me mad,” Horan wen say. “Usually, I just go and I want something more. I like win more, score more, do more fo’ my team.” 🏃♀️🔥
Who going win da group going be decided aftah da third and final matches in da group, going be played all da same time on Tuesday. Da U.S. going play against Portugal, and da Netherlands going play Vietnam. 🗓️⏰
Da United States going start dat game with new pep in deir step, and Horan is da main reason why. All took, turned out, was little bit kine rage. 🔥💪
“That’s when you get da best football from Lindsey,” Horan said about herself. 🥇⚽
She not da first U.S. wahine player fo’ take it upon herself fo’ change da way da team going at a World Cup, fo’ push it to victory on da biggest stage fo’ soccer. Remember Megan Rapinoe in 2019, or Carli Lloyd in da 2015 final. In each case, and now wit Horan’s game on Thursday, one key player wen come out and become da symbol of da team’s history and legacy — four World Cup titles, four decades on top world soccer — and change da momentum to help da team. 🏆⚽🌍
On Thursday, even Horan’s teammates felt something was going change. Forward Alex Morgan wen say when she saw da referee pull Horan and van de Donk aside aftah da two wen get into it and talk stink aftah da foul, and just before da corner kick, she “felt like something was going happen.” 🤔💭
United States Coach Vlatko Andonovski said Horan’s response was typical of her. 🎙️🗣️
“She gets fouled, kicked, hurt and obviously it’s a real hard time,” Andonovski said. “And instead of making any kine, she just goes and makes one statement, and shows everybody in da world da direction da game going take.” 👣🌐
Andonovski said he was especially proud dat Horan and other veteran players wen keep trying fo’ score da winning goal aftah Horan tied da game, showing da younger players on da U.S. team how fo’ take charge of one game. Horan and players like Ertz and Lavelle, he said, “wen carry da younger ones, or showed da younger ones what dis game all about.” 🧒👧⚽
One of dose players, da 21-year-old Trinity Rodman, said she was impressed by Horan’s ability to “flip a switch” and go “from trash talking to putting a ball in da back of da net.” 🚮🗣️➡️⚽🥅
Dat might be why Andonovski wen decide fo’ only make one change in Thursday’s game, putting in Lavelle for Savannah DeMelo at halftime to try fo’ give some energy to da U.S. midfield. He never make more changes, he said, “because I thought we had control of da game, I thought we were just about fo’ score one goal.” 🔄⚡
“We were around da goal da whole time,” he added, “and I just didn’t want to disrupt da rhythm.” 🎶💃
It was only aftah Horan’s goal, though, and aftah being outplayed in da first half, dat da United States began to look sharper and more determined. 🦅👀
Andonovski suggested dat da final 30 minutes, not da first 60, was what him and da fans can expect as da team moves deeper into da tournament, and as da connections between da older and younger players start to get more solid. 🤝💕
“What you saw in da second half is what you going see going forward, as a baseline,” he said. “I think dat we’re just going get better from game to game, and we going be a lot more efficient as well.” ⏩💯
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🏐⚽️🔥 Women’s FIFA Update: Lindsey Horan Unleashes a Moment of Brilliance for U.S. After a Flash of Anger
Lindsey Horan was still lying on the field 🏟️ when she decided she had had enough.
No more getting kicked around by players from the Netherlands. No more letting the Dutch control the game. No more watching the United States women’s team, the two-time world champions 🏆, not playing their best at this Women’s World Cup ⚽🌍.
An hour into a rough match against the Netherlands 🇳🇱 filled with sharp elbows and powerful shoves, Horan and her team found themselves trailing by a goal. Then Horan, a co-captain of the United States 🇺🇸, was forcefully hip-checked by a Netherlands player, Danielle van de Donk. So, after several minutes with the medical team 👩⚕️ and a lecture from the referee about her retaliation on van de Donk, Horan did exactly what her teammate Julie Ertz had urged her to do.
Ertz had said to score the goal from Rose Lavelle’s corner kick, just to silence everybody 🤫🤐.
And that’s precisely what she did. As Rose Lavelle’s corner kick shot into the penalty box, Horan sprinted to the spot where the ball was going to land. She dubbed the pass from Lavelle “a real gem 💎”. She jumped to meet the ball, snapped her head, and directed the ball straight into the goal ⚽🥅.
“You don’t want to make me angry,” Horan said. “Usually, when I’m angry, I push myself to achieve more. I want to win more, score more, do more for my team.”
The group’s winner will be decided after the third and final matches in the group, which will be played simultaneously on Tuesday. The U.S. will play against Portugal, and the Netherlands will play Vietnam.
The United States will start that game with a new bounce in their step, and Horan is the main reason for that. All it took, it turned out, was a bit of rage 🔥💪.
“That’s when I play my best football,” Horan said about herself.
She is not the first U.S. female player to take it upon herself to change the team’s trajectory at a World Cup, to will it to victory on soccer’s largest stage. Think of Megan Rapinoe in 2019, or Carli Lloyd in the 2015 final. In each case, including Horan’s on Thursday, a key player stepped up to personify the team’s history and legacy — four World Cup titles, four decades at the top of world soccer — and turn the tide in her team’s favor 🏆⚽🌍.
On Thursday, even Horan’s teammates felt that something was about to change. Forward Alex Morgan said that when she saw the referee pull Horan and van de Donk aside after they exchanged heated words following the foul, just before the corner kick, she “felt like something was going to happen.” 🤔💭
U.S. Coach Vlatko Andonovski said Horan’s reaction was typical of her.
“She gets fouled, kicked, injured, and it’s a very challenging time,” Andonovski said. “But instead of complaining about it, she goes and makes a statement, which shows everyone in the world the direction the game is going to take.” 👣🌐
Andonovski said he was especially proud that Horan and other veteran players continued to press for a winning goal after Horan tied the score, demonstrating to the younger players on the U.S. team how to take control of a game. He said that Horan and players like Ertz and Lavelle “carried the younger ones, showing them what this game is all about.” 🧒👧⚽
One of those players, 21-year-old Trinity Rodman, said she was impressed by Horan’s ability to “flip a switch” and go “from trash-talking to putting a ball in the back of the net.” 🚮🗣️➡️⚽🥅
That may be why Andonovski decided to make only one substitution in Thursday’s game, sending Lavelle on for Savannah DeMelo at halftime to try to inject some energy into the U.S. midfield. He refrained from making more changes, he said, “because I thought we had control of the game, I thought we were close to scoring a goal.” 🔄⚡
“We were near the goal the whole time,” he added, “and I just didn’t want to disrupt the rhythm.” 🎶💃
It was only after Horan’s goal, and after being outplayed in the first half, that the United States began to look more polished and determined.
Andonovski suggested that the final 30 minutes, not the first 60, were what he and the fans could expect as the team moves deeper into the tournament, and as the connections between older and younger players start to solidify 🤝💕.
“What you saw in the second half is what you’re going to see going forward, as a baseline,” he said. “I think that we’re just going to get better from game to game, and we’re going to be a lot more efficient as well.” ⏩💯
