Catarina Macario missed the 2023 Women’s World Cup and 2024 Olympics, but she is slowly regaining the form that made the most highly regarded attacking player to join the USWNT in the last decade.

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Paul Kennedy edited Soccer America for 41 years (1985-2026). He began writing for SA in 1974. He started writing for France Football in 1978 and has served on in Ballon d'Or jury since 2007.