USA v New Zealand

Emma Sears scored a hat trick as the United States closed out the October window with a one-sided 6-0 win over New Zealand on Wednesday in Kansas City, Missouri.

U.S. coach Emma Hayes once again rotated her starting XI as she did in a pair of friendlies against Portugal prior to the game with New Zealand.

All three of Sears' goals came from close range, one in the first half and two in the second, as the U.S. dominated FIFA's 33rd-ranked team in the world.

Catarina Macario and Rose Lavelle scored with pinpoint first-time shots to round out the scoring in the first half as the U.S. took a 3-0 lead into halftime. Lavelle's goal -- the best of the bunch for the U.S. on Wednesday -- came when she…