Soccer-Champions United States Held 1-1 by Dutch in World Cup Thriller

WELLINGTON (Reuters) – A second-half purpose from co-captain Lindsey Horan allowed the US to struggle again for a 1-1 draw in opposition to the Netherlands in an exhilarating Ladies’s World Cup Group E match on Thursday.

The fiercely-fought re-run of the 2019 last lived as much as its billing and either side had good possibilities to win the fixture in an action-packed last 20 minutes.

The Dutch struck first by a superb strike from Jill Roord from the sting of the field within the seventeenth minute and the U.S. went in at halftime trailing in a World Cup match for the primary time since 2011.

Horan answered for the four-times champions from a Rose Lavelle nook in 62nd minute, making an incredible run to the close to submit to energy an unstoppable header previous Dutch goalkeeper Daphne van Domselaar.

The People had not been held to a attract a World Cup match since 2015 and can rue their effort early within the recreation in addition to an incapability to take their possibilities on the finish.

They continue to be prime of Group E on purpose distinction from the Dutch heading into their last match in opposition to Portugal subsequent Tuesday, however the Netherlands can be assured of erasing that benefit once they tackle Vietnam on the identical time.

The Netherlands broke the deadlock when Lieke Martens pierced the U.S. defence to get the Dutch into the attacking third, and Victoria Pelova lower the ball again for Roord to drill it previous American goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher.

The People reacted instantly makes an attempt by Trinity Rodman and Horan that the Netherlands keeper was capable of save, however got one other fright within the twenty ninth minute when Dominique Janssen fired a scorching shot simply over the bar.

The U.S. workforce, who’re on the hunt for an unprecedented third consecutive title, got here out within the second half with renewed resolve and received their reward when Horan equalised simply after the hour mark.

Morgan thought she had put them in entrance a few minutes later when she put the ball within the web from Rodman’s move however the striker was dominated offside.

Ertz prevented catastrophe for the People within the eightieth minute when she received her foot in entrance of the ball to dam Esmee Brugts’s shot after a well-worked transfer by the Dutch.

Because the US piled ahead in quest of a winner, Rodman screwed a shot broad of the far submit and Sophia Smith had an effort headed off the road by Lieke Martens, however the Dutch held agency to safe some extent.

(Reporting by Amy Tennery in Wellington, enhancing by Nick Mulvenney)

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