Macario Poised For Breakout In Second Year With US
Feb 24, 2022, 4:12 PM
FRISCO, TEXAS - FEBRUARY 23: Catarina Macario #20 of the USA celebrates after scoring a goal against Iceland in the first half during the 2022 SheBelieves Cup at Toyota Stadium on February 23, 2022 in Frisco, Texas.
AP – Catarina Macario is looking to make more of an impact in her second year with the U.S. national soccer team and she’s off to a fine start.
Macario started all three games of the team’s SheBelieves Cup tournament at center forward and scored a pair of goals in the final match against Iceland for the tournament title.
a thing of absolute 𝓫𝓮𝓪𝓾𝓽𝔂
⚽️ @catarinamacario pic.twitter.com/NPPTIOIxEq
— U.S. Soccer WNT (@USWNT) February 24, 2022
She was also named the SheBelieves MVP.
The former Stanford star has five goals in 15 matches for the United States, which is set to begin World Cup qualifying this summer.
