Jaedyn Shaw Thrills USWNT Fans as Goal Streak Continues vs. Japan in SheBelieves Cup | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors
Jaedyn Shaw has made just five starts for the United States women's national team. She's tallied a goal in each one.
The 19-year-old phenom continued her scoring ways on Saturday, scoring her seventh goal in 11 USWNT appearances during the country's 2-1 win over Japan in the SheBelieves Cup semifinals.
B/R Football @brfootballJaedyn Shaw from distance 💥<br><br>Five goals in five starts for USWNT 👏<br><br>Watch the match on TNT/Max 📺 <a href="">
Lindsey Horan added the game-winning goal in the second half on a penalty, giving the United States the triumph on an afternoon that set an attendance record:
B/R Football @brfootballCaptain Lindsey Horan makes no mistake from the spot 👊<br><br>USWNT lead 🔥<br><br>Watch the match on TNT/Max 📺 <a href="">
Meg Linehan @itsmeglinehan<a href="">#USWNT</a> attendance in Atlanta: 50,644.<br><br>Breaks the friendly/standalone attendance record set in Philly in August 2019.
The USWNT didn't exactly come out firing, as Kiko Seike scored less than one minute into the game on a blistering Japan counter.
B/R Football @brfootball30 seconds is all it takes for Japan's Kiko Seike to take the lead vs. USWNT.<br><br>Woah 💨<br><br>Watch the match on TNT/Max 📺 <a href="">
Twenty minutes later, however, Shaw struck back, and social media was yet again impressed with the ascendant star:
Anthony DiCicco @DiCiccoMethodAkers, Heinrichs, Jennings, Hamm, Milbrett, Parlow, Wambach, Lloyd, Rapinoe, Press, Morgan…think about all the incredible goal scorers in the history of the USWNT program & yet Jaedyn Shaw is the first to score in her first 5 starts. You're seeing the start of something special. <a href="">
Anthony DiCicco @DiCiccoMethodJaedyn Shaw is a cheat code
Major League Soccer @MLSJaedyn Shaw is HER!<a href="">@USWNT</a> levels things in the A.
Jeff Kassouf @JeffKassoufThe <a href="">#USWNT</a>'s high press pays off. Japan (understandably) remains committed to playing out of it. Great win by Coffey, sensational strike by Jaedyn Shaw. Said it already: Shaw's ceiling is the highest of any young/new player in the mix. Thriving.
Claire Watkins @ScoutRipleyJaedyn Shaw plays soccer like "why does everyone not just kick it into the goal"
Jonathan Tannenwald @thegoalkeeperGet your passport ready, Jaedyn Shaw. A plane ticket to France surely awaits. <a href="">#USWNT</a> <a href="">#USAvJPN</a> <a href="">#SheBelieves</a>
Black Mother Dorthy 🍉 - Openly Vaxxed @SouthernSylvsJaedyn Shaw just doesn't need a lot of chances. So intelligent about where to be and where to place her shot.
Steph Yang | Horrible Soccer Goose @thraceeveryone just standing there while Jaedyn Shaw absolutely lanced that ball into the bottom corner like "what can you do about that" yeah, same same <a href="">#uswnt</a>
🇯🇲Fa Mulan's Lieutenant General🇯🇲 @DangSChangJaedyn Shaw is one of them ones
Alex Campbell @acampbellsportsVery good win for the <a href="">#USWNT</a>!<br>Sam Coffey woman of the match performer.<br>Jaedyn Shaw is HER<br>Mal Swanson and Cat Macario are back!<br>Horan remains automatic on PKs<br><br>Lots of good stuff with the ball, patience paid off. Encouraging! <a href="">#SheBelievesCup</a>
The United States has a wealth of young talent and appears to be in something of a transitionary phase, and Shaw is slowly becoming the face of that next generation.
"When it comes to Jaedyn, she is just a special player," Alex Morgan—who regularly led the line for the USWNT over the past decade—told Laken Litman of Fox Sports in March. "It's always so fun to play with her week in and week out and just see the game through her eyes. She has so much passion for soccer and she wants to talk with me about soccer every chance she gets—more sometimes than I want to. But she's eager to learn and that's all you can ask for from a teenager."
In the process, a USWNT squad that had a disappointing 2023—including a shocking departure from the World Cup in the Round of 16 against Sweden—has stabilized, winning the CONCACAF Gold Cup last month while putting themselves into the SheBelieves Cup final against either Brazil or Canada.
It's a good ramp-up for the team with the Paris Games looming this summer. The USWNT hasn't claimed gold at the Olympics since 2012, but Shaw and the next generation of American women are starting to look primed to end that streak.
