After losing to Canada 39-5 on Tuesday, a young USA Women’s national team will take on Canada for a second time Saturday at Chula Vista.

This game will kick off at 6pm ET, 3pm PT, and will be broadcast on The Rugby Channel behind the pay wall. 

Head Coach Pete Steinberg has made five changes to the team from Tuesday. Molly Kinsella replaces Alycia Washington at lock; Sara Parsons replaces Nicole Strasko at openside flanker; Annakaren Pedraza replaces Joanne Fa’avesi at scrumhalf; Nicole Heavirland replaces Megan Foster at flyhalf; and Ryan Carlyle comes in at outside center, with Alev Kelter (Tuesday's lone try-scorer) moving to inside, and Sylvia Braaten sitting out.  

The entire front row and six of the eight forwards are the same, and the deep three also remains unchanged. Steinberg said he was pleased with his team’s overall defensive effort in the first half, when Canada scored only ten points. 

"The tough thing about Tuesday's match is it was a game of two halves for us," Steinberg told USARugby.org’s Chad Wise. "In the first half we were happy with our ability to launch and apply pressure defensively; we had the structure in the second half but weren't able to launch.”

Steinberg is clearly looking for positives in what turned out to be a rough result, and with most of Tuesday’s team returning for Saturday, he is showing some significant faith in that group of players.

"For a bunch of players that haven't played together with a slightly changed structure, we created some really threatening opportunities," Steinberg said. "That was exciting.”

Canada, meanwhile, has made only three changes to their lineup. Kelly Russell returns as captain.  

USA Women's Eagles | v. Canada
1. Tiffany Faaee (C)
2. Joanna Kitlinski (Grand Valley State)
3. Catherine Benson (Penn State)
4. Stacey Bridges (Texas A&M)
5. Molly Kinsella (Stanford)
6. Christiane Pheil (Penn State)
7. Sara Parsons (Nevada)
8. Jordan Gray  (BYU)
9. Annakaren Pedraza (Lindenwood)
10. Nicole Heavirland (West Point)
11. Naya Tapper (North Carolina)
12. Alev Kelter  (Wisconsin*)
13. Ryan Carlyle (South Carolina)
14. Kristen Thomas  (Central Florida)
15. Jess Wooden (Florida)

USA Women's Eagles | Reserves
16. Phaidra Knight (Wisconsin)
17. Naima Reddick (Chico State)
18. Jamila Reinhardt (Cal Maritime)
19. Alycia Washington (New Haven)
20. Kristine Sommer (UCSB)
21. Kelly Griffin  (UCLA)
22. Kayla Canett (Penn State)
23. Tess Feury (Penn State)

*-Did not play rugby in college

Canada’s v. USA

1. Carolyn McEwen, Burnaby (Vancouver, BC)
2. Laura Russell, Toronto Nomads/ Cowichan RFC (Bolton, ON)
3. DaLeaka Menin, Calgary Hornets (Vulcan, AB)
4. Tyson Beukeboom, Aurora Barbarians/Cowichan RFC (Uxbridge, ON)
5. Latoya Blackwood, Westshore RFC (Montreal, QC)
6. Jacey Grusnick, Aurora Barbarians (Alliston, ON)
7. Karen Paquin, Club de Rugby de Quebec/ Castaway Wanderers (Quebec City, QC)
8. Kelly Russell — captain, Toronto Nomads/ Cowichan RFC (Bolton, ON)
9. Chelsea Guthrie, Stratchona Druids (Edmonton, AB)
10. Emily Belchos, Westshore RFC (Innisfil, ON)
11. Magali Harvey, Club de Rugby de Quebec (Quebec City, QC)
12. Amanda Thornborough, Westshore RFC (Brandon, MB)
13. Brittany Waters, Meraloma Athletic Club/Castaway Wanderers (Vancouver, BC)
14. Elissa Alarie, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue RFC/Westshore RFC (Trois Rivieres, QC)
15. Julianne Zussman, Castaway Wanderers (Montreal, QC)

Reserves
16. Jane Kirby, Highland Fergus Rugby Club (Brampton, ON)
17. Brittany Kassil, Guelph Redcoats (Guelph, ON)
18. Olivia DeMerchant, Woodstock Wildmen/Castaway Wanderers (Mapledale, NB)
19. Kayla Mack, Saskatoon Wild Oats (Saskatoon, SK)
20. Cindy Nelles, Belleville Bulldogs (Belleville, ON)
21. Lori Josephson, Aurora Barbarians (Beaverton, ON)
22. Andrea Burk, Capilano RFC (North Vancouver, BC)
23. Anais Holly, TMRRFC (Montreal, QC)