San Jose, Costa Rica (February 27, 2025) – The U.S. Women’s Futsal National Team continued the program’s fast start with a convincing 5-0 win over Costa Rica in the teams’ second international friendly Thursday night at the Costa Rican Federation’s BN Arena.
After scoring both goals in Tuesday’s inaugural 2-0 victory, 19-year-old Jeanette Fieldsend added two more goals in the first half, then Sarah Martin, Brianna Harshe and Carlie Banks each added their first international goals after the break. Goalkeepers Ellie Goodrich and Martha Lord again each played a half to combine for a second-straight clean sheet. Harshe was joined by Kelsey Smith and Nicole Grimaldo in making their international debuts.
USA coach Diego Burato made one change from the first shift that started Tuesday’s match, inserting Citlali Luna for Janae Braun, with captain Carlie Banks shifting to fixo.
The match was tightly contested for the first 10 minutes, though it was Costa Rica that tested USA goalkeeper Ellie Goodrich over the first 20 minutes.
However it was the USA that scored first. Janae Braun stepped forward and hit a shot through traffic that clanked off the right post, the ball falling to Fieldsend to put away the rebound from close range.
Fieldsend extended the lead a few minutes later by keeping possession on the left touchline before sending a diagonal ball forward to Paige Pierson. There, she drew the goalkeeper Karen Arrieta and played the ball to the back post to the on-rushing Fieldsend who scored her second on the night and fourth in two games.
Goodrich kept the lead with a fantastic diving save to her left on a hard shot from Ariel Barquero with 40 seconds left in the half.
As in the opening game, Martha Lord replaced Goodrich for the second half, and she also made a big save to deny Barquero. The USA then took control of the game with three goals in a six minute span.
Lord threw a long ball to pivo Sarah Martin, who did well to shield her mark before turning and putting a shot off the right post for her first goal.
Shortly after, Braun took a ball on the left flank and played it centrally to Viet-Thy Tran, who played a beautiful dummy as a defender approached, leaving the ball to continue across for 19-year-old Brianna Harshe to hit a first-time, left-footed low shot past Arrieta for her first goal.
Carlie Banks closed out the scoring, receiving a nice ball on the left from Martin before scooping a shot over substitute goalkeeper Genesis Mendez.
The teams will close out the week of friendlies on Saturday at 5:30 p.m. local time at the Universidad Nacional (CIDE) Gymnasium.
-U.S. WOMEN’S FUTSAL NATIONAL TEAM MATCH REPORT-
Match: United States Women’s Futsal National Team vs. Costa Rica
Date: February 27, 2025
Competition: International Friendly
Venue: Costa Rica Football Federation Arena BN
Attendance: (N/A)
Kickoff: 8:30 p.m. ET (7:30 p.m. local time)
| Scoring Summary |
1 |
2 |
F |
| USA |
2 |
3 |
5 |
| CRC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| USA - Jeanette Fieldsend (Sarah Martin) | 16’42” (First Half) |
| USA - Jeanette Fieldsend | 5’43” |
| USA - Sarah Martin (Martha Lord) | 13’20” (Second Half) |
| USA - Brianna Harshe (Janae Braun) | 11’14” |
| USA - Carlie Banks (Sarah Martin) | 7’05” |
Lineups:
USA: 12- Ellie Goodrich, 5-Jeanette Fieldsend, 6-Sarah Martin, 11- Carlie Banks (Captain), 14-Citlali Luna
Substitutes: 1-Martha Ford, 3-Zaneta Wyne, 4-Luciana Setteducate, 9-Janae Braun, 10-Paige Pierson, 13-Kelsey Smith, 15-Brianna Harshe, 16-Nicole Grimaldo, 17-Hayley Wilson, 18-Viet-Thy Tran
Did not play: 2-Jordan Felton, 7-Emanuelly Ferreira, 8-Auryn Tillette
Head coach: Diego Burato
CRC: 12-Karen Arrieta, 10-Ariel Barquero, 11-Yerlin Varela, 13-Charlot Solis, 14-Mariela Solis (Captain)
Substitutes: 1-Genesis Mendez, 2-Fabiola Ramirez, 3-Nayeli Sanchez, 4-Alisson Murillo, 5-Nashly Picado, 6-Mariela Alfaro, 8-Karol Arias, 9-Fernanda Moraga
Did not play: 18-Maria Jose Arce
Head coach: Alex Ramos
Stats Summary: USA / CRC
Shots: 22 / 14
Shots on Goal: 11 / 11
Saves: 11 / 6
Corner Kicks: 4 / 10
Fouls: 4 / 8
Misconduct Summary:
CRC- Nashly Picado (caution) 12’21” (First Half)
CRC - Ariel Barquero (caution) 2’46” (Second)
USA - Paig Pierson (caution) 2’24"
Officials:
Referee: Krystin Pahia (USA)
Second Referee: Josue Molina (CRC)
3rd Referee: Marco Azofeifa (CRC)
Timekeeper: Andres Vargas (CRC)
