U.S. Soccer’s seventh annual SheBelieves cup will see the women’s national team playing games against the Czech Republic, Iceland as well as new Zealand in a four-team competition that will begin in Carson, California as well as wrap up in Frisco, Texas.
The event will begin February 17 at Dignity health and wellness sports Park in Carson with Iceland playing new Zealand before the U.S. plays the Czech Republic at 8 p.m. regional time on ESPN. The second doubleheader on February 20 at DHSP will have the U.S. play new Zealand at twelve noon regional time on ABC before the Czech Republic plays Iceland. On February 23 at Toyota stadium in Frisco, the U.S. play will Iceland at 8 p.m. regional time after new Zealand takes on the Czech Republic.
This year’s competition likewise marks the very first time the SheBelieves cup has had matches on the West Coast. While the whole of last year’s cup was held in Orlando, Florida, this year’s competition will be staged in two cities with strict COVID protocols in location during the organization of the event.
This year’s SheBelieves cup will serve as the begin to a year in which the U.S. will attempt to qualify for both the FIFA Women’s world cup 2023 as well as the 2024 Olympic games in France. The eight-team Concacaf W championship will run from July 9–24 as well as will create four qualifiers for Australia/New Zealand ‘23 as well as one automatic qualifier to the next Olympic Games.
“These will be the very first matches of what will be a truly crucial year as well as as focus on world cup qualifying, the SheBelieves cup will be very useful for the continued advancement of the team,” stated U.S. Women’s national team head instructor Vlatko Andonovski. “As a coaching staff, when we are integrating newer players, we requirement as lots of games as possible as well as all three of our opponents are extremely difficult to play against. They will all be extremely inspired to have the possibility to play in this fantastic tournament, so we’re not only looking ahead to competitive matches, however likewise playing in front of fans.”
The champion of the competition will be figured out by overall points (three for a win, one for a tie), with the very first tiebreaker being goal difference, complied with by a lot of overall goals scored, then head-to-head result as well as fair Play ranking if necessary. The SheBelieves cup is part of U.S. Soccer’s effort to influence as well as equip women as well as women to accomplish their goals in sport as well as beyond.
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