Emma Sears Shines With Hat-trick As Usa Women Put Six Past New Zealand

Emma Sears notched her first world hat-trick and Catarina Macario recorded a brace to thief nan United States women’s nationalist squad rotation to a 6-0 rout of New Zealand successful an world friends connected Wednesday nighttime astatine Kansas City, Missouri.

Rose Lavelle besides had a extremity and Michelle Cooper had 2 assists arsenic nan USWNT improved to 20-1-1 all-time against New Zealand.

The USWNT (10-3-0 successful 2025) completed a three-match group of friendlies. The American antecedently divided 2 matches pinch Portugal.

Claudia Dickey made 2 saves for nan United States. New Zealand counterpart Victoria Esson had 5 stops.

Sears struck successful nan eighth infinitesimal erstwhile she received a walk from Cooper and knocked a right-footed changeable past Esson.

Macario produced her first of nan nighttime successful nan 34th infinitesimal erstwhile she took a right-footed changeable that deed disconnected nan ft of Esson and caromed precocious into nan net.

Ten minutes later, Lavelle made it 3-0 erstwhile she sent a right-footed blast into nan correct area of nan net. The extremity was Lavelle’s 27th for USWNT.

New Zealand took its first changeable successful nan 52nd infinitesimal and past had a stellar opportunity 1 infinitesimal later that began pinch a area kick. Kate Taylor was correct successful beforehand of nan nett for a header, and Dickey sewage her manus connected it aft a bounce to support her shutout intact.

A shot kicked by United States guardant Catarina MacArio (20) gets past New Zealand defender Mackenzie Barry, halfway left, and goalkeeper Victoria Esson, halfway right, for a extremity during Wednesday’s first half. Photograph: Charlie Riedel/AP

Sears scored extremity No 2 of her chapeau instrumentality successful nan 55th infinitesimal erstwhile Cooper again group her up pinch a cross. Sears knocked nan shot down sent a correct footer into nan net.

Macario recorded her 4th profession brace for USWNT successful nan 66th infinitesimal aft receiving a walk from Lindsey Heaps. Macario sent a right-footed changeable into nan near area of nan nett for her 13th world goal.

Sears had her first opportunity for a chapeau instrumentality successful nan 77th minute, but her right-footed changeable was tipped complete nan nett by Esson.

Six minutes later, nan USWNT had a free footwear and nan ensuing scramble saw nan shot deed nan near goalpost and bounce to nan right. Sears was opinionated astatine nan extremity statement and drilled nan shot successful nan nett for her 4th USWNT goal.

The USWNT had an 18-0 separator successful first-half shots and vanished pinch a 34-3 advantage.