Daphne van Domselaar helped Netherlands hold the United States to a 1-1 draw at the FIFA Women's World Cup on Thursday morning.
Manchester City's Jill Roord opened the scoring in the first half before Lyon's Lindsey Horan headed home an equaliser after the break.
The result leaves Group E wide open in terms of a potential winner heading into the final round of fixtures.
Despite the resolute performance from van Domselaar and co., the United States looked the more threatening of the two sides during the opening exchanges.
Racing Louisville’s Savannah DeMelo stabbed wide from inside the area after nine minutes as the defending champions go their first glimpse of goal.
But having soaked up the early pressure, first blood was drawn by the Oranje.
Roord, fresh from sealing a summer transfer to Manchester City, found the bottom corner from the edge of the area with aplomb.
17 minutes were on the clock, and the United States had work to do.
Their very next attack forced Daphne into action as Washington Spirit’s Trinity Rodman let fly from distance, but our number one parried the effort away.
Wolfsburg’s Domnique Janssen volleyed over the bar from distance shortly after as the two teams began to exchange jabs.
Netherlands would go into half-time a goal to the good, but their counterparts managed to claw their way back into proceedings after the break.
Horan powered a header past van Domselaar from a corner on 62 minutes and it was all to play for from that point onwards.
San Diego Wave’s Alex Morgan had a goal ruled out for offside before Esmee Brugts’ goal-bound attempt was blocked as both teams went in search of a winner.
The spoils, however, were ultimately shared in Wellington with both teams eyeing top spot in Group E with one game to go.
