She also won Region XIII Player of the Year honours and helped lead the team to the NAIA National Tournament.

In June 2006 Stangeland married Steffen Horpestad, the assistant trainer of Klepp's men's team, and attached his surname to hers.

[6] Stangeland Horpestad made her debut for the senior Norway women's national football team in a 2–2 draw with Italy in May 1999.

At the 2003 Algarve Cup, 22-year-old Stangeland Horpestad suffered the seventh nasal fracture of her career in Norway's match against France.

In the semi-final of the tournament, against traditional rivals Sweden, a crowd of 5,700 watched as Solveig Gulbrandsen finished off a counterattack in extra time which won the match 3–2.

[12] Stangeland Horpestad was known for sporting play and received only two yellow cards in her career on Norway's senior national team.