“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. WELLINGTON, New Zealand - The Netherlands was on its way to Women’s World Cup history Thursday when it made the biggest mistake of the tournament.

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