Profile
Lindsey
Horan
- Position Midfielder
- Number 10
- Date of Birth May 26 1994
- Hometown Golden, CO
- Height 5' 9"
- Club Olympique Lyonnais (FRA)
The attacking phenom hailing from Colorado made headlines when she became the first female soccer player to skip college and head straight to the pros. She spent four years playing with Paris Saint-Germain before coming home to the United States. Now the heartbeat of the Portland Thorns and U.S. midfield, she will be a crucial piece of the United States’ game plan for the 2019 Women’s World Cup.
From Paris to Portland
Horan skipped college and went straight to the pros, “One of the main reasons I made the choice I did was to be uncomfortable—I thought I’d get to my goal quicker that alternate route. I wanted to risk everything to make the National Team,” Horan recalls. She spent four seasons with PSG, scoring 46 goals in 58 appearances. In 2016, she returned to the U.S. to play for the Portland Thorns in front of an average audience of 17,000. “My first game, I had a tear coming down my face. It’s just so incredible. One of my favorite things is walking out and singing the national anthem with the fans. How they sing it—it was nothing I’d ever seen before. Playing for Portland is an unreal experience. My first game was perfect.”
From Paris to Portland
Horan skipped college and went straight to the pros, “One of the main reasons I made the choice I did was to be uncomfortable—I thought I’d get to my goal quicker that alternate route. I wanted to risk everything to make the National Team,” Horan recalls. She spent four seasons with PSG, scoring 46 goals in 58 appearances. In 2016, she returned to the U.S. to play for the Portland Thorns in front of an average audience of 17,000. “My first game, I had a tear coming down my face. It’s just so incredible. One of my favorite things is walking out and singing the national anthem with the fans. How they sing it—it was nothing I’d ever seen before. Playing for Portland is an unreal experience. My first game was perfect.”
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