SAN JOSE — Catarina Macario didn’t wait long to make her presence felt.
The United States women’s soccer team player, a native of Brazil who moved to San Diego at age 12 and played for Stanford in college, benefitted from a long run by Alyssa Thompson, who brought the ball into the box on an extended run that started all the way back inside the U.S.’ defensive half.
And when Brazil goalkeeper Natascha spilled the rebound in front of goal, Macario was ready to pounce. She slotted home the ball 35 seconds into the game, giving the Americans a 1-0 lead.
But Brazil wasn’t done yet. After a few sloppy plays within the United States’ back end, Brazil’s Kerolin, wearing the No. 10 jersey of recently retired superstar Marta, found some space inside the U.S. and beat American goalie Mandy McGlynn with a curling strike, tying the game 1-1 in the 24th minute.
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And in the second half, Brazil took a late lead with Amanda Gutierres’ goal in the fifth minute of second-half stoppage time. That late lead held up, and Brazil won the two teams’ friendly match 2-1 in front of an announced sellout crowd of 18,000 spectators at PayPal Park.
Macario was substituted out of the game in the 58th minute.
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