When Lindsey Horan pulls on the U.S. national soccer team jersey and stands in the middle of the field and listens to the national anthem, she can feel the tears coming to her eyes.
But when her father, Mark Horan, sees her standing on the field, with the number 9 on her back beneath the name Horan, he gets actual tears in his eyes.
“It’s an incredible experience, and I can’t tell you how proud I am of her,” Mark said on Thursday evening.
Mark and his wife, Linda, were in attendance at Children’s Mercy Park on Thursday as the U.