Bruised and battered but not beaten, reigning World Cup champions the United States believe they will be better after their scare with the Netherlands.
The Dutch held the world No.1 to a 1-1 draw in a rematch of the 2019 finalists in Wellington on Thursday.
Jill Roord's strike meant the Americans trailed at the World Cup for the first time since 2011, taking a 1-0 deficit to half-time.
Lindsey Horan provided the rescue act, scoring from a 62nd-minute header to restore US parity.
The equaliser came just after Horan copped a nasty tackle from Danielle van de Donk, her club teammate at Olympique Lyon, with the pair continuing their remonstrations during a break of play for a corner.
"That's when you get the best football from Lindsey," Horan said.
"I don't think you ever want to get me mad because I don't react in a good way ... I want to win more, I want to score more, I want to do more for my team.
"I did not take it in a good way. It got a little heated and she got to hear it."
Horan said an intervention from Julie Ertz, who told her to calm down and focus on scoring the corner, did the tonic.
"That's what happened. That was incredible," Horan said.
The 29-year-old said the US defensive effort let them down in the first half, when they weren't aggressive enough with their press.
Coach Vlatko Andonovski agreed, focusing his half-time team talk on the need to step it up, and crediting Emily Fox and Crystal Dunn for improved efforts.
Andonovski was most pleased with his side's resilience, given the new-look midfield and defence, which is without big-match experience.
The US may be defending champions but half of the starting team were not at the last World Cup, making their second half-showing "huge" according to the coach.
"It's one thing to have an experienced team and to do that but it's a lot bigger with a younger team like this, an inexperienced team," he said.
Andonovski defended his choice not to make second-half substitutions, making just one change for the game - Rose Lavelle for Savannah DeMelo at half-time - and leaving potential game-changers Megan Rapinoe and Lynn Williams on the sidelines.
"We controlled the game and I thought we were knocking on the door," he said.
"I just didn't want to disrupt the rhythm at that point."
The US move on to their third match - against Portugal next Tuesday - when goal difference could decide who tops the group and gets an easier passage in the knockout phase.
"We want nothing more than to come out first," Alex Morgan said.
"We're going to do as much as we can in our game."
