The U.S. women’s national team will host Australia, Japan and Colombia in the 2025 SheBelieves Cup with a stop in San Diego.
The 10th annual edition of the tournament will be played in three U.S. cities, including Houston and Glendale, northwest of Phoenix, from Feb. 23-26, U.S. Soccer announced Wednesday. Snapdragon Stadium will be the venue in San Diego.
The teams, which all played in the Paris Olympics, will each play three games, with one game apiece in each city. The winner will be determined by points.
Because of the Olympics, the ninth edition of the SheBelieves Cup was abbreviated, with each team playing two games over two match days.
“All four of these teams were in the last World Cup and Olympics, and all are in the building process to qualify for the next World Cup, so to get three games against talented teams and players in a format that replicates group play at a world championship is valuable in our process,” U.S. coach Emma Hayes said in a statement.
The gold medal-winners from the U.S. will open with Colombia in Houston on Feb. 20, followed by a match between Japan and Australia. The tournament moves to Arizona on Feb 23 – Colombia faces Japan before the U.S. plays Australia.
The final matches will be played on Feb. 26 in San Diego, with Australia taking on Colombia and the U.S. facing Japan.
Earlier this year, the U.S. defeated Japan in a semifinal 2-1, then captured its fifth consecutive and seventh overall cup title, defeating Canada 5-4 in a penalty kick shootout.
The matches are the first scheduled for home soil for the U.S. in 2025.
