The Netherlands chose the wrong person to get angry.
With her team up 1-0 midway through the second half, Daniëlle van de Donk took Horan out with a nasty looking challenge near the sideline.
Horan was clearly displeased with the tackle from her club teammate at Lyon and two minutes later, she found the perfect response.
The USWNT captain got on the end of Rose Lavelle’s corner to nod home an equalizer her team desperately needed. After the game, she admitted that the challenge from Van de Donk had set her off.
“Me and Dan always go up against each other and it’s a physical battle,” Horan told Fox Sports after the game. “I respect her so much because that’s how it should be — it should be competitive at all times.
“So I think once we got to that tackle, all I wanted to do was score. In the heat of the moment I got a little pissed at her. But Rose put in an absolute dime and I got on the end of it. So I’m happy for the goal.”
The game ended 1-1, after which Horan and van de Donk hugged it out. There were naturally plenty of reactions one of the more memorable moments of the tournament thus far.