The US ladies’s country wide team returns to movement for the primary time in 2022 on February 17 as they host the 7th annual SheBelieves Cup. Czech Republic, Iceland and New Zealand join the us for the 4-team invitational international event taking area in California and Texas.
The Cup is a part of the U.S. Soccer’s SheBelieves initiative to encourage and empower girls and women to achieve their dreams on and stale the sphere.
While everything of remaining 12 months’s opposition become held at one stadium in Orlando, Florida, this edition will see the primary doubleheaders take location at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California, and the very last doubleheader will pass to Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas.
Strict Covid-19 protocols are still in location all through the enterprise of the occasion.
“These can be the primary suits of what is going to be a definitely important yr, and as cognizance on World Cup qualifying, the SheBelieves Cup might be extraordinarily precious for the ongoing development of the crew,” stated U.S. Women’s National Team head instruct Vlatko Andonovski.
“As a training group of workers, when we're integrating newer players, we need as many games as possible, and all three of our opponents are very difficult to play in opposition to.
"They will all be extraordinarily motivated to have the danger to play on this top notch tournament, so we’re no longer handiest looking ahead to competitive matches, but additionally gambling in the front of lovers, as there has been handiest confined attendance at ultimate year’s match in Florida.”
The event will run from February 17 to the 23, and is about to feature the equal format as the preceding six years with the groups every participating in three doubleheader activities.
The winner of the match will be decided via general points (three for a win, one for a tie), with the primary tiebreaker being universal purpose distinction, observed by way of most general desires scored, then head-to-head end result and finally, Fair Play rating if important.
U.S. Soccer is expected to release the roster for the event in the upcoming days.
