ALAJUELA, Costa Rica(May 30, 2025) – The U.S. U-20 Women’s National Team opened Group A play at the Concacaf Women’s U-20 Championship with a convincing 8-0 win over Guyana. Forward Izzy Engle led the team with four goals, becoming the eighth player in team history to score four goals in a U-20 Concacaf Championship match. Midfielder Kennedy Fuller also had a standout performance, converting a penalty kick and providing three assists.
The USA will now face Puerto Rico (June 1 at 1 p.m. ET on FS1) and Costa Rica (April 3 at 4 p.m. ET on FS2) with two more wins guaranteeing the USA a spot in the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup.
The USA wasted little time getting on the score sheet. In the fifth minute, defender Aven Alvarez, the only player on the U.S. side with U-20caps coming into the match, slipped a pass to Fuller, who juked around her defender into open space five yards outside the penalty box and ripped a shot that smacked the right post. The rebound fell right to Engle, who easily converted the first goal of the match.
Fuller would get her goal in the 13th minute after converting a penalty kick. Engle drew the foul in the box when her defender slid across her body and took her down while fighting for the ball in the box.
Then came the first of two Fuller-to-Engle connections. In the 24th minute, Fuller sent an in-swinging cross toward the back post and found the head of Engle, who calmly redirected the ball past the diving ‘keeper to make it 3-0.
One minute after the Engle set piece goal, midfielder Linda Ullmark drove down the left channel, then cut around her defender toward the box before sending a centering pass into the middle. Midfielder Sealey Strawn got to the end of the pass and snuck the ball inside the left post on her first touch to make it 4-0.
Ullmark then made it 5-0 in the 37th minute. After receiving a pass from Fuller on the left side of the box, Ullmar kturned and fired a right-footed strike from about ten yards away to beat the ‘keeper into the bottom right corner of the goal.
Engle bookended the six-goal first half in the 41st minute. With the ball at her feet and between two defenders, Engle danced around her opponents to give herself space at the top of the box and then stung a shot into the top right corner of the net to close the half with three goals and a 6-0 lead.
Just two minutes into the second half, Engle notched her fourth goal of the match. Fuller assisted her for the second time of the match, slipping a pass through the defender to get Engle who was charging into the box. The forward cut her shot across her body and placed the ball inside the far-right post to make it 7-0.
Midfielder Emma Johnson finished off the USA scoring in the 78th minute. Defender Kate Scott ripped a shot from just outside of the top of the box and forced the Guyanese ‘keeper into a diving save. But the rebound fell right to Johnson, who calmly finished to give the U.S. the 8-0 lead.
The USA outshot Guyana 34-2 and did not allow a shot on goal.
Additional Notes:
- Fifteen players earned their first U-20 international caps: Bella Ayscue, Edra Bello, Izzy Engle, Emma Johnson, Kennedy Fuller, Sonoma Kasica, Peyton McGovern, Abby Mills, Leena Powell, Ashlyn Puerta, Grace Restovich, Kate Scott, Sealey Strawn, Mya Townes and Linda Ullmark.
- Bello, Fuller, Powell, Scott and Townes all had caps at the U-17 international level.
- Aven Alverez earned her third U-20 international cap.
- Five players scored their first U-20 international goals: Engle, Johnson, Fuller, Strawn and Ullmark.
- Engle became the eighth player in U.S. U-20 history to score four goals in a World Cup qualifying match. The last player to score four goals in a match was Avery Patterson in a 7-0 win over Puerto Rico in 2022.
- Kasica picked up the shutout in goal for the USA, but did not face a shot on goal.
- Midfielder Grace Restovich, who hails from St. Louis, captained the U.S. U-20s for the first time.
-U.S. UNDER-20 WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM MATCH REPORT-
Match: U.S. Under-20 Women’s National Team vs. Guyana
Date: May 30, 2025
Competition: 2025 Concacaf Women’s U-20 Championship
Venue: Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto; Alajuela, Costa Rica
Attendance: 76
Kickoff: 11 a.m. local (1 p.m. ET)
Weather: 80 degrees, cloudy
| Scoring Summary |
1 |
2 |
F |
| USA |
6 |
2 |
8 |
| GUY |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| USA – Izzy Engle | 5th minute |
| USA – Kennedy Fuller | 13 |
| USA – Izzy Engle (Kennedy Fuller) | 24 |
| USA – Sealey Strawn (Linda Ullmark) | 25 |
| USA – Linda Ullmark (Kennedy Fuller) | 37 |
| USA – Izzy Engle | 41 |
| USA – Izzy Engle (Kennedy Fuller) | 48 |
| USA – Emma Johnson | 78 |
Lineups:
USA:21-Sonoma Kasica; 15-Leena Powell (14- Emma Johnson, 72), 17-Edra Bello, 4-Abby Mills (5-Bella Ayscue, 46), 3-Aven Alvarez; 6-Grace Restovich (Capt.), 8-Kennedy Fuller (13-Peyton McGovern, 60), 10-Linda Ullmark (18-Ashlyn Puerta, 46); 11-Sealey Strawn, 9-Izzy Engle, 20-Mya Townes (2-Kate Scott, 46).
Substitutes Not Used: 1-Caroline Birkel, 7-Chloe Ricketts, 12-Kealey Titmuss, 16-Kennedy Ring, 19-Mary Long
Head Coach: Carrie Kveton
GUY: 1-Kymora Chung (18-Alexix Mars, 46); 3-Heike Clarke (Capt.), 4-Jaida Tucker, 5-Sarah Dasilva (19-Sydney Glean, 31), 14-Liyah Menilek; 8-Naomi Benjamin, 10-Alexis Bayley, 12-Anya Joseph; 7-Myanne Fernandes, 17-Jayda Schoburgh (13-Devi Sookdeo, 32; 6-Maliya Gangadin, 46; 16-Shareina Langevine, 79), 20-Se-hanna Mars
Substitutes Not Used: 2-Akeelah Vancooten, 9-Nydel Nelson, 11-Allia Henry, 15-Kimora Edwards, 19-Sydney Glean, 21-Deena Fredericks
Head Coach: Paul Deabreu
Stats Summary: USA / GUY
Shots: 34 / 2
Shots on Goal: 20 / 0
Saves: 0 / 7
Corner Kicks: 8 / 0
Fouls: 3 / 12
Offside: 4 / 0
Misconduct Summary:
None
Officials:
Referee: Amairany Garcia (MEX)
Assistant Referee 1: Mayra Mora (MEX)
Assistant Referee 2: Aranza Quero (MEX)
Fourth Official: Shandor Wilkinson (SKN)
