Over the first two matches of this year’s SheBelieves Cup, Thorns FC fans waited to see if one of the team’s United States internationals would be given a full shift’s action.
Such worries need not apply to Lindsey Horan, who started in midfield for the third-straight tournament game while the U.S. claimed a 1-0, SBC-clinching win Wednesday over England. But on the bench for the tournament’s previous games was Emily Sonnett, whose standout NWSL and W-League seasons had only earned her a brief look against Germany during the first match of the tournament.