The world’ s topranked U. S. Women’ s National Team will host Japan(# 8 in the current FIFA Women’ s World Rankings), Australia(# 15) and Colombia(# 21) as the competition returns to its traditional six-game, three matchday format after being played in a four-game, twodate format last year due to the new FIFA windows in years that feature the Olympic Games.
The winner of the tournament will once again be determined by total points( three for a win, one for a tie), with the first tiebreaker being overall goal difference, followed by most goals scored, then head-to-head result and lastly, Fair Play ranking if necessary.
All the U. S. matches will be broadcast on TBS and Universo and streamed on Max and Peacock.
All non-U. S. games will also be available on Max and in Spanish on Universo and Peacock.
All four teams in the 2025 SheBelieves Cup field were in the women ' s tournament at the Olympic Games Paris 2024 with the USA defeating Australia( 2x1) in group play and Japan( 1x0) in an extra time thriller in the quarterfinal match.
Australia and Colombia will make their first appearances in the SheBelieves Cup, while Japan returns to the field for the third consecutive year and the fifth time overall. The USA has won the last five SheBelieves Cups and has seven titles overall, while France won in 2017 and England took top honors in 2019.
The schedule will see the USA open the tournament against Colombia on Thursday, Feb. 20 at Shell Energy Stadium in Houston( 7 p. m. CT / 8 p. m. ET on TBS, Max and in Spanish on Universo and Peacock) while Japan faces Australia at 4 p. m. CT / 5 p. m. ET( Max, Universo and Peacock).
The teams will then move to State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, where the USA faces Australia on Feb. 23 at 3 p. m. MT / 5 p. m. ET( TBS, Max and in Spanish on Universo and Peacock) and Colombia takes on Japan at Noon MT / 2 p. m. ET( Max, Universo and Peacock).
The final two games will take place at Snapdragon Stadium in San Diego on Feb. 26 with the USA facing Japan at 7:30 p. m. PT / 10:30 p. m. ET( TBS, Max and in Spanish on Universo and Peacock) and Australia taking on Colombia at 4:30 p. m. PT / 7:30 p. m. ET( Max, Universo and Peacock).
For the sixth year in a row, Visa, the presenting sponsor of the SheBelieves Cup, will award the MVP trophy to the most outstanding player of the tournament. The award will be announced following the conclusion of the final match on Feb. 26 and with the input of a selection committee comprised of representatives from the four competing nations.
And for the fifth year in a row, fans will also get the opportunity to vote for the tournament’ s MVP award using an online ballot to select among a list of finalists chosen by the committee. The fan vote will be incorporated into the overall determination of the 2025 SheBelieves Cup MVP.
Spain attacker Alexia Putellas won the inaugural award in 2020 while the USA’ s Rose Lavelle collected the honors in 2021. Macario took home top honors in 2022 followed by Mallory Swanson in 2023 and Sophia Smith( now Sophia Wilson) in 2024.
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