Lindsey Horan’s nails are painted gold and she gives an embarrassed laugh when asked whether they are a celebration of the US team’s Olympic gold in Paris, a statement to Saturday’s opposition of their status. “No, it was supposed to be brown chrome,” she says, going a little red. “It was a translation problem.”
Her manager, Emma Hayes, sitting beside her at Tottenham’s training ground before the game against England at Wembley, chips in: “She has got the most incredible necklace, though.” The five Olympic rings hang round Horan’s neck in gold and the captain promises she will get Hayes one.
