The U.S. ladies’s nationwide workforce has discovered its February 2025 schedule.
Australia, Colombia, and Japan will be a part of the USWNT for the 2025 SheBelieves Cup, U.S. Soccer introduced Wednesday. Houston’s Shell Vitality Stadium, Glendale’s State Farm Stadium, and San Diego’s Snapdragon Stadium have been chosen because the host cities for the annual competitors.
The USWNT will tackle No. 21 ranked Colombia on Feb. 20 earlier than going through No. 15 ranked Australia on Feb. 23 and No. 7 ranked Japan on Feb. 26.
Every workforce will play three matches apiece, with the winner of the match as soon as once more being decided by whole factors (three for a win, one for a tie). The primary tiebreaker might be general purpose distinction, adopted by most objectives scored, then head-to-head outcome and lastly, honest play rating if essential.
“This might be my first SheBelieves Cup, however I’ve adopted the match, and it all the time produces shut video games between high groups,” stated USWNT head coach Emma Hayes. “All 4 of those groups had been within the final World Cup and Olympics, and all are within the constructing course of to qualify for the subsequent World Cup, so to get three video games towards gifted groups and gamers in a format that replicates group play at a world championship is efficacious in our course of. All of the video games might be nice checks for the groups and enjoyable for all of the followers.”
The SheBelieves Cup would be the second occasion for the USWNT in 2025 because the workforce will come collectively for a January coaching camp in Los Angeles that can run from January 14-21. The camp will run concurrently with the “Futures Camp” that can characteristic up-and-coming USWNT prospects.
The USWNT have gained 9 of their 13 all-time conferences with Australia, 14 of their 20 all-time conferences with Japan, and 10 of their 12 all-time conferences with Colombia.
With the 2027 FIFA Ladies’s World Cup vastly approaching, the SheBelieves Cup will function one other preparation match for the USWNT.