She attended Cathedral Catholic High School where she was a four-year letterwinner and was named to the All-CIF First Team.

She was a member of the CIF San Diego Section and Western League Championship teams from 2005 to 2007.

During her two seasons at Irvine, the squad made it to the NCAA Tournament for the first two times in school history.

Her skill helped improve Irvine's possession, elevating the team's scoring production from 37 without Goodson in 2009 to 49 goals during her junior season.

[8][9][10] Goodson ended the 2013 season having started in all 23 games that she played for Sky Blue and scored one goal.