Macario and Shaw score as the US beat Italy 2-0 to end the year on a high

Catarina Macario scored in her third straight international match, and the United States defeated Italy 2-0 in the final match for the national team this year.

The United States has scored in 16 straight games, including all 15 this year.

Macario scored the opening goal in the 20th minute with a strike from the corner of the penalty area, over the head of Italian goalkeeper Francesca Durante and into the side netting of the far post.

Jaedyn Shaw added a second goal before half-time, following a pass from Alyssa Thompson, before coming into the corner and calmly finishing out of Durante’s reach to make it 2-0.

Claudia Dickey earned her fifth clean sheet in her sixth goal for the United States.

Macario scored a pair of goals in a 3-0 win over Italy on Friday night in Orlando, Florida. Olivia Moultrie, who scored the other goal on Friday, was available off the bench on Monday.

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Macario, who plays for Chelsea, led the team with eight goals this year, including seven goals in her last seven starts. She almost scored a second goal at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale but it was disallowed for a foul, denying her a third brace in her last three matches.

Macario and Emily Fox were among the players named earlier Monday as nominees for the women’s U.S. Soccer Player of the Year award, joining Rose Lavelle, Alyssa Thompson and Sam Coffey.

U.S. coach Emma Hayes has made five changes to the starting lineup after Friday’s first-leg win against Italy, adding veterans Naomi Girma, Lindsey Heaps, Fox and Macario. Three teenagers left for the United States, including 19-year-old Claire Hutton and Jordyn Bugg and 18-year-old Lily Yohannes.

The U.S. National Team will next meet for the team’s annual camp in Carson, California, from January 17-27, with one game scheduled against Paraguay and another against an undisclosed opponent.

Published on December 2, 2025