Ally Sentnor and Lynn Biyendolo every scored two targets and the USA beat Jamaica 4-0 on Tuesday evening after the group honored longtime defender Becky Sauerbrunn.
Sentnor scored within the nineteenth minute, then fashioned a coronary heart together with her palms in celebration. She scored her second off a deflection 10 minutes later.
The 21-year-old 2024 U.S. Soccer Younger Participant of the Yr, who now has 4 worldwide targets, credited her teammates.
“They’re very easy to play with at shifting the ball,” Sentnor stated. “I am nonetheless making an attempt to work to get higher for them.”
Biyendolo scored within the sixtieth minute, three minutes after coming into the sport instead. She added a second within the 88th minute off a cross from Avery Patterson. Biyendolo has 24 profession targets.
Phallon Tullis-Joyce made her second consecutive in aim for the USA as coach Emma Hayes seems for a successor to longtime goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher, who retired final 12 months. It was her third straight clear sheet.
Jamaica, which has by no means overwhelmed the U.S, began two units of sisters — Allyson and Chantelle Swaby, and Kalyssa and Amelia Van Zanten.
The U.S. was coming off a 3-0 victory over China on Saturday in St. Paul, Minnesota. The nationwide group was initially scheduled to play a pair of matches towards China, however Chinese language officers in April pulled out of the second sport and Jamaica stuffed the spot.
Earlier than the sport, the USA honored Sauerbrunn, who retired from soccer late final 12 months.
Becky Sauerbrunn is honored throughout her retirement ceremony previous to the USA taking part in Jamaica throughout a global pleasant at Energizer Park on June 03, 2025 in St Louis, Missouri. (Picture by Invoice Barrett/ISI Pictures/USSF/Getty Photographs)
The St. Louis native, whose worldwide profession spanned 16 years, is a two-time Girls’s World Cup winner and an Olympic gold medalist. Followers, who obtained a bobblehead in her picture, gave her a standing ovation and chanted her identify in a pregame ceremony.
Sauerbrunn, who lately introduced that she is anticipating her first baby with companion Zola Brief, additionally served in her new function as a tv commentator for the match.
The USA subsequent performs a pair of matches towards Eire, the primary on June 26 in Commerce Metropolis, Colorado, and the second on June 29 in Cincinnati. The U.S. will even play Canada on July 6 in Washington D.C.
Reporting by The Related Press.
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